1. Boy, howdy, but the wind does blow around here! Over the course of the first 13 days of 2021, the highest maximum wind speed in our area recorded by the National Weather Service was 35 MPH, the maximum gust speed was 44 MPH, but the average wind speed was a pleasant 9.7 MPH. Then came Thursday and Friday, the 14th and 15th. Thursday, the max wind was 44 MPH, with a max gust of 60 MPH, average w…