Extratropical Cyclone

According to IMFIA (Instituto de Mecanica de los Fluidos e Ingenieria Ambiental or the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Engineering) at Universidad de la Republica Uruguay, Uruguay belongs to a region of the Southern Hemisphere affected by severe convective activity. In addition there are frequent and intense cyclogenesis events.

In other words, the storms are pretty incredible.

We got socked with an extratropical cyclone yesterday. We've had them before. Yesterday's was just a wind event, but ... enough to send me flying on occasion. Walking against the wind was a challenge. I didn't make much headway for all the effort. Keika, who is the lightest of us felines, didn't stand a chance out in the open. That dog was just plain scared most of the day. The wind howled all day, and the gusts were enough for the Handlers to wonder if the roof would hold.

The good news is that roof held. We had no damage. It was a good opportunity for the trees to shed some dried twigs, and there were enough downed willow branches that the goats were content to do clean-up duty.

Just another weekend in the Southern Hemisphere...