Maria welcomes the viewer to Sesame Street excited because she finds Gabi's first water-colored painting she made when she was five. Gabi forgets what it is and Maria has to refresh her memory about that. As Maria goes inside the Fix-It Shop, Gabi gives it to Big Bird who thinks that he can write a story with it. Maria comes back outside and wonders what happened to the picture.

Stinky wants to be big

The episode's plot begins with Big Bird and Gordon conversing on and about, as Gordon describes it, "this very windy day on Sesame Street". They are soon interrupted by Old MacDonald on the street, who remarks that his chickens quack and his sheep do the cha-cha whenever there is a hurricane.

The hurricane of the previous day has ended. The episode opens with a view of the human cast sweeping and cleaning outside. The camera pans to the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, where Big Bird and Gordon comment on the damage. Big Bird wonders what has happened to his nest.

As the episode opens, the cast is in the midst of fixing Big Bird's nest area. We pan over to Big Bird, who explains the occurrences of the preceding days. To be prepared for future hurricanes, Telly wears a raincoat, carries all sorts of equipment on him, and has devised an "early-warning system" whereby a hurricane is anticipated whenever his pinwheel turns. Gina is skeptical.

Big Bird comments to Radar and the viewer on how the street has been cleaned up. After flashbacks of the preceding three days' events, Snuffy comes along and tells him that Luis says it's OK to go home.

Big Bird's nest-building work continues from the previous day, with sticks and mud being applied. Telly and Elmo provide a brief recap of the week's events.