1985: High winds of 60 to 75 mph occurred across much of western South Dakota from the late afternoon of the 3rd into the early morning hours of the 4th. The strong winds blew down power lines and caused power outages for many locations in the Black Hills. The strong winds uprooted trees in Rapid City and blew the roof off of a barn near Newell in Butte County.

1907: Around the turn of the 20th Century the NWS attached meteorological instruments to specially designed kites, tethered to the ground, to get upper air data. On this date a record kite flight level was achieved at a height of 23,111 feet.

1964: Hurricane Hilda crossed the Louisiana coastline with sustained winds of 120 mph at Franklin. Hilda killed 38 and produced a total damage of $125 million. An F4 tornado spawned by Hilda cut a 2 mile path through Larose, LA, killing 22 people and injuring 165.

1979: The first killer tornado of record in October in Connecticut destroyed sixteen vintage aircraft at the Bradley Air Museum in Windsor Locks. The F4 tornado damaged more than 100 homes causing $200 million damage. Three persons were killed, and 500 others were injured.

It's amazing what one day will do for a body. Yesterday I think I had the record for taking the longest amount of time to deliver papers. This morning, I was done in record time, just under one and a half hours. I feel like a million dollars. However, I checked my checking account  and there was no million dollars in there.
The drought has taken a toll on some of my trees. I think they are fine, but instead of the leaves turning colors, they just dried up as the trees are going into self preservation mode. I started to water the trees. It

is a good practice to give your young trees a good watering this fall. Water often and a lot so the water soaks down to the roots. The ground is pretty dry and some of the young trees are struggling. Take care of them.