Tired of Windy Weather....

We moved to North Carolina in 1999. The weather was a wonderful change from Florida (which I disliked intensely). Much more comparable to New York/Pennsylvania, where I originate from. Since moving from Charlotte to Cherryville in '05, the weather has been just plain wild. We haven't seen snow since 2004, the thunderstorms remind me of summer in Florida, and the wind has started whipping around on a regular basis since fall. Nothing like 22 mph winds to excite the horses on the way to the pastures. We've also gone from severe drought to an over abundance of rain, so much so that I have ponds that haven't ever been there before. As I write this, it's gone from sunny and windy to rain and wind, the animals are looking up here as if to say "why am I out in this?"......