Got my big can of vegetarian baked beans at the ready!

It was in fact very exciting to get out in the wild winds. The bigger trees were swaying crazily and making roaring sounds, since there are still so many leaves still on their branches. A nearby school seemed to be letting its students out a bit earlier than usual, and the old teachers' observation about how incoming heavy weather systems make kids go wild seemed to be playing out, as the children were careening around in front of the building like little dervishes while their parents stood around and chatted. Anyone out walking was playing arborial roulette.
Our cat sat out on one of the chairs on the front porch, maybe watching leaves blow by. He wasn't venturing beyond the shelter of the roof.