Wind downs trees, damages rooftops

Last Wednesday’s severe windstorm raised havoc from one end of town to another. Those of us watching from the safety of our downtown businesses saw hordes of tumbleweeds blowing along First Avenue, with some then swirling down intersecting streets as suction created small whirlwinds off to the side. Garbage cans, their lids and all manner of other debris were swept into other people’s yards, Crab Creek and the surrounding countryside.

Two homes on Fourth Avenue lost pine trees to the storm. At the home of Ted and Jan Noble, the trees crashed all the way to the ground across the sidewalk in the...