Killer Winds! Options

[Slender Mang]

Any one else in western new york getting it?

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
301 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...STRONG WINDS WILL BATTER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK TODAY...

.A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL PLOW ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK
BETWEEN 3 AM AND 9 AM THIS MORNING AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWED BY VERY STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. THE FRONT WILL
CLEAR THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE ERIE AND THE NIAGARA FRONTIER BY
BY 5 AM AND WILL REACH CENTRAL NEW YORK BETWEEN 6 AM AND 8 AM.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH FOLLOWING THE FRONT
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. ALTHOUGH ALL AREAS ARE AT RISK FOR
THESE STRONG WINDS...THE GREATEST THREAT WOULD BE DOWNWIND OF LAKE
ERIE FROM BUFFALO TO ROCHESTER AND ALSO OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY EAST
OF LAKE ONTARIO.

THE WINDS SHOULD LAST MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.

A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL PLOW ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK BETWEEN 3
AM AND 6 AM THIS MORNING AND BE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY VERY
STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40
MPH FOLLOWING THE FRONT WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THE WINDS
SHOULD LAST MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH ALL AREAS ARE AT RISK FOR THE
STRONG WINDS...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ACROSS AREAS DOWNWIND
OF LAKE ERIE FROM BUFFALO AND THE NIAGARA FRONTIER TO THE
ROCHESTER AREA.

THE WINDS SHOULD LAST MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
WILL BE LIKELY.

[daTSchikinhed]

Weird, Here in north central Texas, dry conditions coupled with sustainded winds of over 45+mph (75km/h) with gusts at above 60mph (100km/h) caused an outbreak in wildfires yesterday, and although it's not as strong today, the wind is still blowing like crazy.