Wind

I was awaken at 5:00 this morning by a suddenly strong wind. I decided to get up and check the DTN screen for some weather info. Before I got a chance, branches and walnuts were being hurled against the side of the house. I decided to get everyone to the basement and check the weather later. Once in the basement, we lost power. About 5:30, with the storm past, we headed back to bed to see if we could catch another 15 or 20 minutes of sleep before the alarms start going off. We dressed, ate breakfast, and read the paper by candlelight. Our automatic generator was running and powering the hog house ventilation systems, but one electronic control malfunctioned, causing a room full of pigs to start overheating. We jerry-rigged some temporary fans to keep the pigs alive, then hooked up the tractor powered generator to run the whole farm so that we could do our chores. Two sows had died overnight (perhaps heat stress from yesterday), so we had to pull them out of their crates first. I made a bunch of phone calls to technicians about the controller and thought I would have to make a 2 hour drive parts run, but at 1:00 our CILCO power was restored and the controller (with a little reprogramming) started functioning again. Our DTN receiver quit functioning and will need to be replaced (for free). An eventful morning, but fortunately no major damage or problems.

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:2