Wells Nevada, Wind Nevada

I spoke to a local and asked , “is it always windy like this?” “No, he said, sometimes it is worse.” We are more than a little concerned that the way they get new residents here is the wind. You pull off the highway and are afraid to get back on it in the wind. We took the dogs for a long walk to “downtown” the wind……have I already mentioned the wind? Was gusting. Stuff was flying. We were walking. The dogs looked like their heads were out the window on the freeway; so did we, I am sure. When we arrived in “downtown” we were greeted with lots of chainlink fencing and views of rubble that previously had been older buildings. My first thought was that the wind had knocked town down. But no, it seems that there was a 6.0 earthquake in February and it had the dubious honor of taking out Wells. So we are safely back in the MoHo enjoying champagne and pizza, watching tv and hoping the wind is a little less tomorrow.