Coming windstorm

[salsabike]

Funny, I am not at all a delicate flower or easily frightened. But I am so glad Chris is home for this upcoming windstorm. I have to say that the Dec. 14 windstorm was genuinely scary, living in the basement, no insulation in the roof, two elderly ill cats, ill mom back east, and Chris out at sea and incommunicado. I mean, we were fine, in the end. But, boy, that last gust that shook the house right down to the basement, just before the power went off...huddling under three quilts with the cats in pitch blackness...I used to find our windstorms entertaining, and I'm sure I will again, sometime.

Boy, is this OT. Sorry, admins.

Let me bring it back ON T. Didn't ride today because it was definitely getting breezy. Kind of a crazy, pre-storm weather day here.

Mimi, will you commute on the bike tomorrow?

[teigyr]

I can relate.

Funny story about the storm last year. I lived in this old house and was in the process of moving out. We got married last November and while I (and the cats) were in Sean's house, we still had the "dirty work" to do in closing out the old house. The house had rats and was dirty and we really had procrastinated. We got out the stuff we wanted then had huge piles of stuff to go to the Goodwill and the dump.

We finally HAD to be out by the end of November because I refused to pay rent anymore. We had a weekend scheduled to do all sorts of nasty things like clean out the fridge and clean carpets and all of that. Since I had been gone, there was more rat activity too.

We got to the house, this was after the storm, and there was police tape over the driveway and TWO trees crashed into the roof.

Our first thought? To high-five each other and say "woohoo, we're not cleaning the carpets!". The house was knocked off the foundation and the front door wouldn't close even. We did walk in there just to see how it was and one whole side of the house was gone. Scary stuff and at least I no longer lived there.

So I am mixed about the wind. Mostly it scares me but good CAN come of it

[mimitabby]

Salsa, no, i have a big yellow stripe up my back. I haven't ridden to work at all this week. Raleighdon on the other hand, is in Lake Forest Park tonight and plans to ride home... (sigh)
he may not ride tomorrow; (but he really wants to)
I'm not quite as nervous as you; but not interested in riding in heavy winds; not one little tiny bit.

[mimitabby]

omigoodness, Teigyr, WHAT A STORY! I love it!!!

[salsabike]

God, Teigyr, what a great story. Nice to know luck flows in the right direction sometimes!

[boy in a kilt]

I've been watching the weather forecasts for a couple of days now and trying to get my site prepped for the rain that is supposed to go with the storm. We just put in something like 10 acres of plastic sheeting so now I'm envisioning all these 40'x200' kites all over the place.

To make matters more interesting, the General Contractor just put in a new tower crane. It's not tall enough to hit my trailer if it falls over so if it does so, it's just a bit of a show.