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/

Haha! I love this weather. I was out on my balcony before sun-up doing some
watering (the rain doesn't reach most of my pots) and filling bird feeders,
finished up a few daily domestic drudge chores and started on my Christmas
sewing. I've had to stop a lot to watch out the window as the rain pelts,
leaves blow by, trees dance. Jumped when a branch from a big fir tree (aka
widow makers) came down and crashed across a cedar fence. The birds don't
seem daunted by all this today. The feeders are busy and it's fun to watch
them bucking the head winds for a perch. The hummers seem to be the only
ones not making an effort in the high winds, except to zero in on target of
the swinging Humzinger. The balcony floor has a lovely sprinkling of petals
from my sweet autumn clematis and scented geraniums.

Time to toss another log on the fire,
Val

"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/

(paghat) wrote in message ...
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

hi paghat.. you sure paint a vivid picture! like to have some of
that rain but not that much wid.. ours is only gusting to about 25
mph today and yesterday but no sign of rain. you will surely make him
a fine landscaper.
best regards.. lee h

paghat wrote:

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


Woohoo..

Almost makes me wanna move out and join ya!

We don't get much 'proper' weather here in London.. Could do with a
good storm haven't had one in ages!

//
Jim

"Jim W" wrote in message
news:1g2z84h.16vlw9o3ajuscN%00senetnospamtodayta@m acunlimited.net...
Almost makes me wanna move out and join ya!

We don't get much 'proper' weather here in London.. Could do with a
good storm haven't had one in ages!

Isabel gave me 3 days without electricity and no water since I have a well.
You're welcome to visit next time
Frank

The message 1g2z84h.16vlw9o3ajuscN%00senetnospamtodayta@macun limited.net
from (Jim W) contains these words:

Woohoo..

Almost makes me wanna move out and join ya!

We don't get much 'proper' weather here in London.. Could do with a
good storm haven't had one in ages!

You don't get much proper anything in London, but you don't have to go
as far as the PNW to find some Jim. Real life in the UK begins just
north of Carlisle.

Janet

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/

Janet Baraclough wrote:

The message 1g2z84h.16vlw9o3ajuscN%00senetnospamtodayta@macun limited.net
from (Jim W) contains these words:

Woohoo..

Almost makes me wanna move out and join ya!

We don't get much 'proper' weather here in London.. Could do with a
good storm haven't had one in ages!

You don't get much proper anything in London, but you don't have to go
as far as the PNW to find some Jim. Real life in the UK begins just
north of Carlisle.

Janet

Oh we do,.. proper traffic jams, proper (well as proper as it gets here
in the UK) healthcare, and properly ripped off!-)

And a lot of the time the weather is to our advantage!-)
//
Jim

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:05:35 GMT, "Frank Logullo"
wrote:

Isabel gave me 3 days without electricity and no water since I have a well.

I had municipal water, but supposed to boil for 5 days (I mean for 5
minutes during a 5-day period of uncertain safety of supply), and no
electricity for 9-1/2 days. This city of 140,000 people estimated
there was 1 million cubic yards of debris to be collected and disposed
of.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:42:51 GMT, Frogleg wrote:

I had municipal water, but supposed to boil for 5 days (I mean for 5
minutes during a 5-day period of uncertain safety of supply), and no
electricity for 9-1/2 days. This city of 140,000 people estimated
there was 1 million cubic yards of debris to be collected and disposed
of.

How did Broomfield lose power?

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:20:30 -0700, lvhippy
wrote:

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:42:51 GMT, Frogleg wrote:

I had municipal water, but supposed to boil for 5 days (I mean for 5
minutes during a 5-day period of uncertain safety of supply), and no
electricity for 9-1/2 days. This city of 140,000 people estimated
there was 1 million cubic yards of debris to be collected and disposed
of.

How did Broomfield lose power?

Say, what? I quoted a poster who said his/her power was out for 3 days
owing to hurricane Isabel. Where's Broomfield?