A Windy day in Texas

Who Has Seen the Wind?      

BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you:

But when the leaves hang trembling,

The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I:

But when the trees bow down their heads,

The wind is passing by.

As Mike and I drove down Highway 35 West , one of the major freeways in Texas today you certainly could feel the wind. We were heading down from Argyle to Fort Worth for a doctor's appointment.

The sun was shining , there were blue skies with grey/blue clouds forming to the west. The temperature even early at 10 am was warm for February almost 70 degrees in fact it was too warm.I suspected a change in the weather was imminent.

We didn't notice the wind until we reached the highway which goes through a very rolling prairie type area with little in the way of trees or large buildings to shield the highway. The wind was blowing really hard and it threw the cars almost into the next lane especially as you traveled over the high overpasses.

When we got to a high point that over looks the city of Fort worth in the distance you could see what the high winds were dragging in from West Texas. There were thick yellow grey clouds of sand and dust almost making the city disappear as in a fog.

Fortunately the windy fog cloud had dissipated by the time we came out of the doctor's office it was a clear bright day again Still windy though.

Such is the weather in Texas in February.

Cold , Ice, Wind, and blazing Sun. Take your pick . It changes every day.

But don't ask for Rain. It never comes.