Chainsaws buzzed Thursday as folks in the Lower Arkansas Valley region began cleaning up from a storm that began pummeling the area Wednesday. Winds were still blowing at about 30 mph Thursday afternoon, but that was a big improvement from the day before. "The strong winds developed early (Wednesday) afternoon and they were clocking in around the 60s, 67 mph," National Weather Service Meteorologist John Kalina told the La Junta Tribune-Democrat. "That was around 1:20 p.m. local time. Then they went up to 83 mph...
