Last night we had a freak wind storm come through the Boise area. There was no lightning or rain associated with it, but the wind was blowing like crazy. When I looked out back I was surprised to be looking right at the neighbor’s house; the wind had knocked down two huge sections of our fence! The sections had mainly come apart where the upper section was nailed to the posts, but one post did in fact snap! Driving around this morning you could see downed trees and limbs all over the place. The was even a small fire started nearby due to a downed power line which made it really smoky this morning. The news reports said the wind only got up to 55 mph, but I think it was the gusty and shifting nature of it that caused most of the damage.