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Show Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, Apr. 6, 1983 Nature's Vandal They Call By KENT SOMERS Review Staff They call the wind Maria, Ed Ames used to sing. But on Monday and Tuesday some citizens in Davis County were calling it by more colorful names. The Wind whipped into the county, traveling hurriedly through steep, narrow canyons, showing its disrespect by ripping trees a half century old from the ground like a gardener pulling weeds. The Wind also had no reverence for manmade things. Trailer homes were smashed into walls, roofs were peeled off, trucks were left on their sides as if a child had discarded them, and cars were given no notice of lane changes. i If 'Maria' It destroyed billboards, and acted as the coupaper and trapping them against fences that survived the gusts. Fires were fanned and then spread, aided and abetted by The Wind. Residents, whose homes ntys custodian, sweeping bits of were left as powerless as a burned-ou- t light bulb, scrambled for other forms of entertainment. But a fire in downtown Kaysville left merchants scrambling to save electronic equipment and records from smoke and water damage. The Wind, according to the National Weather Service, was caused by a high pressure system over Wyoming and a low pressure system over Utah and The Wind flowed to Utah through canyon passages. 7A |
