There is nothing like a major hurricane or a flurry of tornadoes to remind us how powerful wind can sometimes be. Ask survivors of Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Irma last summer. Ask survivors of recent tornadoes in the South and Midwest. Wind is capable of an amazing amount of damage.

A book titled Blame It on the Weather tells about some extraordinary events that occurred in tornadoes, especially with regard to animals. It tells about a tornado that churned through a dog boarding kennel in Michigan. Later one of the dogs in that kennel was found high in a tree half a mile away--unhappy, no doubt, but unharmed.

There’s a story of a bull weighing some 1,400 pounds who was resting in his stall which was attached to the barn by a heavy logging chain. A tornado passed by. Afterward the barn…