Coming windstorm

[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.

[Zen]

Since being blown over while racing a thunderstorm I've had a phobia of the slightest breeze.

I don't like wind.

[Running Mommy]

YIPES!!!!
Ya'll stay safe! And to think I was complaining about it being 20 sustained gusting to 24 yesterday!

[salsabike]

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.

What are you doing on this site?

[boy in a kilt]

I work at the Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Plant site on SR-9 in Woodinville. I'm the Project Engineer (read: assistant project manager) and Erosion Control guy.

[Eden]

Funny enough my husband intends to ride tomorrow just because the last time there was a storm he was just about stuck on the eastside..... He figures even if he has to walk his bike across the bridge its better than being in standstill traffic.....

We must be in a particularly sheltered area. Last year we didn't have any downed trees near us, we never lost our power (well we do live about 1/2 block from the substation) and I don't think there was any damage on our street either - it didn't eve seem that windy.

[KnottedYet]

Wind storm? Is there gonna be a windstorm?

I have Presto logs and half-a-jillion tea candles, so I think we're ok. Assuming busses work like they're supposed to so. If the power goes out, we won't have internet!!! We won't have a microwave!

We'll have to eat cold spam. And Clif bars. By candlelight.

[boy in a kilt]

Funny enough my husband intends to ride tomorrow just because the last time there was a storm he was just about stuck on the eastside..... He figures even if he has to walk his bike across the bridge its better than being in standstill traffic.....

We must be in a particularly sheltered area. Last year we didn't have any downed trees near us, we never lost our power (well we do live about 1/2 block from the substation) and I don't think there was any damage on our street either - it didn't eve seem that windy.

We didn't either. Just up the road, out for a week. Just down the road, better, but still lost lights for a little while. My job site a few miles from the apartment, out. Also no cell phone over on that side of the ridge.

I remember when the snow storm hit last winter. I was on my way back from a meeting in Tukwila when it showed up. My supervisor and I drove like hell to make it back to mukilteo before things got really crazy.

At least one time this year, I want to go to work on my snowshoes. I drive well on snow but the idea seems terribly funny.

[salsabike]

I work at the Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Plant site on SR-9 in Woodinville. I'm the Project Engineer (read: assistant project manager) and Erosion Control guy.

Then you're heading into the challenging season...at least you won't be bored at work.

[Grog]

The wind speeds are starting to pick up here in Vancouver but I don't expect it to be as bad as last year, at least not today.

I live in Douglas-fir country and both my apartment and office are surrounded by 50-meter giants. They shed branches in the heavy winds, and two BIG ones fell across the street near my office last year. I was watching the others with a suspicious eye while sitting in my office, thinking that a few of them would crash directly on my building (really: a shed) if they were to fall.

Maybe I'll be working at the library today!

My dear partner also had a big tree crash on his car when he was in undergrad. Thankfully the car was in the parking lot and he was in class.

I just hope my sweetie does not decide to go for a ride after work. It's really a flying-branch festival during windstorms, I would not want him to be out on the road..... :S

[mimitabby]

I got home and found that i have power. What i didn't have was a garbage can. for some reason, we always have wind storms on garbage collection day; and our cans blow away.
Three of us on the block could not find our cans; but when one neighbor went all the way up the block and found HIS, i followed suit and found my own. What a relief!
and that is the extent so far of the damage I have suffered from this storm. A lot of people are without power though.

[kelownagirl]

My friends left at 2pm and their car broke down in a blizzard on the Coquihalla. They are getting it towed to Merritt and then somehow they still have to get to Vancouver.... Poor girls...