We're getting very hard rain here too. We've been getting high winds on and off all day. One gust actually almost (I caught it) blew over a full 500cc can of beer. What would that be on the Beaufort scale? I'm going to work on that new Beaufort scale tomorrow. But for now, here are some items that will have to be placed strategically on the scale (all have happened to me):

• Lawn chairs blowing
  
• Difficulty of rolling a cigarette (at least three levels to this one)
  
• Lids blown of pots left in outdoor kitchen
  
• Pots in outdoor kitchen blown away
  
• Full beer blown over (almost)
  
• Motorcycle blown over
  
• Laundry disappears

That's a start. I'll get a wiki page going for it tomorrow. For now, a movie to watch before it gets too noisy with this wind and rain.