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Chicago No Longer the Windy City

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Kirby Fine Homes

 I think the new Windy City should be Minneapolis. After a weekend of storms that only produced high winds (at least where I live), it would be befitting.

I moved from Florida because I didn't want to be in the path of hurricanes anymore. Seems like they followed me here to Minnesota. Hurricane season officially starts in April so why not break the mold and debut in Minnesota?!


I was sitting by my upstairs window yesterday when a 10 foot piece of metal siding hits the window, then proceeds to do some acrobatics in the air, before crashing to the ground on my sidewalk. You've got to be kidding. I would say the winds yesterday were equivalent to a Tropical Storm or Category 1 hurricane winds. (at least from the flying debris)


Oh, now I remember...up here they are called Tornadoes. Where is Jim Cantore when you need him? Here's a bit of good advice, if Jim (from the Weather Channel) shows up in your town, leave right away. He is always in the path of a storm and most of the time your town is destroyed and he is the only thing standing. Enjoy your spring!

 

Teri Eckholm
Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN
REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro
Jennifer--Straight line winds can cause as much damage as a tornado around here. Lots and lots of damage from blown down trees....Please send those hurricane winds back to Florida! :)
May 07, 2007 01:28 PM
Jennifer Kirby
Kirby Fine Homes - Minneapolis, MN
The Luxury Agent
Teri- because we stayed for a Category 1 storm a few years back, I now hate the sound of strong wing. It rattles my nerves so much I have to stay in the bedroom downstairs at night so I dont' hear the wind hitting the siding. After you have lived through a storm, you never look at them the same way again!
May 08, 2007 06:39 AM
Teri Eckholm
Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN
REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro

Jennifer--My youngest son hates storms...you have a great reason! We were at the Gulf Shores in Orange Beach, Alabama visiting relatives and left the day before Katrina hit...Way too close for us! I can't even imagine what storms like that would be like but my in-laws don't leave. Not me, glad to be out!

May 09, 2007 02:53 PM