Northern Californians - Have you washed/blown away yet???

[KnottedYet]

Hang in there, Nic! Is the creek close to your house?

[three]

I heard gusts at the Golden Gate Bridge were measured around 70mph. With all the power outages, I wonder how many TE folks can check-in with us to say they're safe.

...world news is on. Things don't look too good over there - looks like tornado weather and then some. Watch out for the wicked witch...

[maillotpois]

wind gusts the morning were terrifying. we live in a redwood forest and as always there are downed trees everywhere.

PP and the dog and geckos spent day at my SILs. our power has been out all day - the entire town is dark. safeway is dark, and the shelves are emptying, which is super creepy.

our power on the mtn will be out for days, as usual in this sort of situation. we had a generator wired to our power box over the summer and while its ungodly loud it is a relief to have heat, light, food that won't rot in fridge, etc. we're getting pretty good at this - we have to be.

the generator is a necessity for another reason. our home is below the sewer line, and we have a holding tank to pump waste back up. just imagine what happens if that pump is off for a sustained period.

I love living here, but you make sacrifices. now I just hope that suspicious tree doesn't come down on the house.

jo? v? snap? z? you guys ok?

EDIT - oh and my ex-biz partner now boss is all miffed because I am not driving over the bridge into SF for a retirement dinner for another former partner. DH is in Sac, both roads home for him (101 in san rafael and richmond bridge) are closed. sorry dude, I need to hold down my fort for the evening.