Riding the storm out

Our power was out from 12:35 AM Friday morning until 3 AM this morning (Sunday). We fared well, with our fireplace insert, and kept warm and were able to cook. We had a shower Saturday AM at a friend's house, a mile away, who never lost power! We even entertained my side of the family for holiday brunch on Saturday. Steve cooked bacon and hash browns outside in Dutch ovens over coals (like we do when we camp in our teardrop), and I fried eggs and heated apple cider on the stove. We bought a battery powered radio Friday afternoon so we were able to keep in touch with what was going on in the area.

Our big Western red cedar split and most of it fell in the yard and some of it on the neighbor's house. PIctures follow. Our other incident is flash flood damage to my MINI Cooper - I got caught in the rain part of the storm Thursday night and went thru some very high water in my car. I limped it home but it is scheduled to go into a shop this week. I have rented a car to be able to work this week.

I will put in some information from emails I sent from my pocket pc while sitting in the dark. But for now this is a photo diary of our last few days! We charged our cell phones/pocket pc's while driving in the car running errands.

Storm Watch Coverage in the Seattle PI
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/stormwatch/

The best summary article with statistics: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/296213_windpower16.html


Steve is finally able to clear some ground in trying to sort out the mess in the yard (Sunday)