How Windy Was It?

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It was windy enough to blow the goat shelter over: goats and all. I stepped outside this am to take a picture of the sunrise after a brutal night of wind. It was warm and calm, but I had this strange feeling, so I walked up the sidewalk and looked up at the goathouse. It was on its back. I ran into the schoolyard and called the goats, but they didn’t answer, so I ran the rest of the way up and stood way up on my tiptoes and peeked over the floor, which was now facing east. Three sweet little goat faces looked up at me imploringly and finally, they started talking to me. Poor things.  I estimate that the shed with goats and goat detritus weighs at least 600 lbs. We figured the wind was gusting at 60 MPH and since the wind was blowing from S to N, we surmise that it came down off of the mountain, did a boogie round to the east and came back, lifting the shelter onto its back.  Goats were fine, after we got them tipped back up and gave them a treat. Oh and the sunrise pictures were nice too.