The Orkan has landed...

An Orkan has overtaken Germany & the Benelux and, no, it's not an episode from Mork & Mindy. We're in the throws of a severe wind storm - aka the "Orkan," which apparently means gale force winds in German. The girls got out of school at noon and my dh was home by 3 p.m. - all for wind. True, it's raining, but the temperatures have been in the mid- to upper-50's for the past 2 days. The winds are supposed to get as high as 50 mph in the Frankfurt area before the end of the night. A couple of nearby towns have had predictions of gusts up to 70-90 mph. It's very windy, but it's only wind.

So, anyway, we had a half-day of hookey, all due to the high winds. Hopefully it won't be bad tomorrow as well, as we're supposed to have 2 girls from the Bavarian International School spending the night with us tomorrow since they'll be in town for the International school swim tournament on Saturday and needed families to stay with. Here's hoping we don't blow away!