Got 60 mph winds in my corner of the Northwest and it took out power on the
east side of town. My boss who owns an ISP was running around like a chicken
with his head cut off trying to save his servers, his generator failed.

My herculean fiance hurt his hand moving a tree that fell in the driveway.
Half of a small maple broke and struck the northside of my house. Thankfully
no damage was done there. Come morning, the yard was a complete disaster. A
fallen alder lays 12 feet from the house, a smashed picnic table and a work
bench beneath it. I am very lucky. That alder could have done in my kitchen
windows and the siding.

It looks like we'll have more winds for a while, but not as bad as
yesterday!





"paghat" wrote in message
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60 mile an hour winds! I was just out in the rain getting BLASTED, most
invigorating. Now watching more comfortably from window as our trees bend
& twist about. A piece of deck roof stripping just blew off. An unlockable
gate got damaged from blowing open & shut, I just moved some rocks in
front of it so it won't keep smashing into itself. Have a friend up for
the week from his manse among the giant redwoods, checking out houses
here, as he can sell his for a million & get just as good here for a
quarter-million. Planning to move the whole family up here, claims he'll
be hiring me as landscaper (since I don't have the room to collect beech
trees, he said I should collect beeches for him -- well, that's acceptable
to me!), so even more reason to hope seeing the Northwest at its nastiest
doesn't change his mind.

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/