California High Wind Warning
We started out from DAL Saturday morning headed to SFO via Las Vegas. Gusty winds from ABQ to Las Vegas. But nothing as bad as what we just went through from Mojave to Bakersfield. Winds on 58 from ...
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Durb wrote:
I heard this morning that a dear friend and his son from Visalia were traveling in the described wind and pulled over to better secure their load. A big truck blew over on its side and slid into them. He is in an induced coma with a broken back, brain injury, punctured lung and numerous broken bones. Hope he makes it.
That is tragic. I hope they get better, When we stopped to measure the wind, the RVer with the rogue awning was in their RV on his cell phone (calling Good Sam, perhaps?). I walked over, fighting the wind, to see if I could help. The wind was so strong that I sensed that his new Class A (about 30 foot) was going to roll over on me. I quickly retreated back to our rig to ride out the furious gusts. 50+ mph winds in a high profile vehicle are serious business.
