Is it just me, or is it windier than it's been in years?

I can't remember a fall that's been as windy as this one. The porch chimes are ringing almost constantly - even the big heavy ones. I finally tied one down because I couldn't handle the noise anymore.

I had a café umbrella on the deck. The wind dragged it, weighted stand and all, out into the middle of the back yard last week and broke it. I glued it back together, only to find it even farther out in the yard this afternoon, and apparently broken beyond repair.

The window in my den, which is behind a storm window, is shaking back and forth as I write this.