Tri-Cities, WA

West Richland, WA: The other windy city

February 9, 2008

I know Chicago is the official “windy city,” but I doubt Chicago has very much on West Richland, Washington. We just finished a string of three days straight with winds ranging from 15-50 mph — just non-stop, no breaks, rocks-in-your-pockets wind.

I hate wind.

Our house is on a corner, and the open side of the house faces west. That, of course, is where the wind usually comes from. So when it’s windy, our house gets pounded. Here are three photos I took in 2006 of the wind damage we suffer whenever West Richland turns into the really windy city:

January 2006

January 11, 2006: Famous last words

November 2006

November 13, 2006: Mother Nature 2, Fence 0

December 2006

December 19, 2006: Here we go again...

At the risk of completely jinxing us, I’ll admit this: We haven’t had any fences knocked out so far this winter. But there’s still plenty of time. And plenty of wind, no doubt.

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