Windy

Be alert while driving in Lubbock during windy conditions to avoid flying objects like debris and loose items.

For two days in a row Lubbock, and the rest of West Texas, have been on high wind advisories and warnings which can spell disaster for most people.

Photos taken the afternoon of Tuesday, April 12th show an entire tree uprooted near 82nd Street and University Avenue right in front of a Valero gas station.

There's no way that Lubbock isn't the windiest city in America. I've lost too many hats to gusts in Lubbock and have eaten too many cubic tons of dirt walking around this city for it to not be the windiest in America. I always laughed at Chicago being named the Windy City...