Heavy thunderstorms last night. Rain this morning. Wind this afternoon. Lots of wind. Gusts so strong they've blown the fir right off the fir trees and the wood right out of the dogwoods.

And talk about gusts! I don't really understand them. You can hear a roar off to the right and see the trees bent in half. Then a roar off to the left and the trees bent double. And then, a few moments later. you're blown away. How does the wind get so chunky? What gives the gusts their chutzpah?

I think Lakes Michigan and Huron collected a lot of water over the past 24.