Thousands without power in Boulder County as wind gusts top 90 mph

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Uh oh.

I've lived in Boulder, and in my time there, despite LOTS of very high winds, I don't recall ever losing power. More to the point, I lived in the Table Mesa area.

What I do recall best was lying in bed at night, listening to the wind, and then the next morning on the radio finding out just what the wind speeds were. After not very long, I got so I could correctly guess, to within 5mph, just how hard the wind had been blowing.

Not sure if I've retained that skill.

Another semi-useless skill I used to have was being able to put my hand in a pool and know what the water temp was to within 2 degrees.