I’ve experienced my share of wind in this godforsaken valley. Back in 2011, I bought this 10′ x 20′ car canopy. I started to put it together, but I had to go to work before I could finish, and when I returned, it was upside down.

Then, last week, the wind blew hard enough to knock over all of our very full trash cans, which has never happened before, and then this morning, the wind blew hard enough to toss a cast-aluminum patio table. Granted, it had a collapsed umbrella sticking out of the middle of it, but it always has had a collapsed umbrella sticking out of the middle of it whenever the wind has blown before, and it always stood its ground. The weather sure seems to be getting wild.