Unyielding wind took the valley by storm. "Theyre swaying up there. I didnt know a palm tree can sway as much as it does," Brent Wicklund said. The wind took some structures down, like the canopy at St. Margarets Episcopal Church in Palm Desert.
"Its just hanging on by two of the posts just flapping against the building now," Lane Hensley of St. Margarets Episcopal Church said. "Its a shade structure that covers our Labyrinth in back and it was a gift from a terrific parishioner to create a gathering place." Its the second time this happened to the canopy because of the wind. The wind caused damaged all across the valley, also knocking down a street light at the intersection of Vista Chino and Date Palm.