First Winter Storm

[Mortblanc]

This morning at about 1 am the storm arrived, it was amazing.

For about 30 seconds I heard a strange howling sound like the banshees from hell, then a blast moving about 50mph hit the house hard enough to shake the walls and it was on!

I have no snow, just nasty rain and insane winds. Most of the snow is going just north of me.

Still winter arrived with a howl and a bang and it is official, this year's endless summer is gone.

Yesterday 81f and I was mowing the garden in my tee shirt and seating, today it is 38 and bad to the bone.