Here in Healdsburg, we got 6.5 inches of rain between last night and mid-day today. It was wild, between the relentless heavy downpour and the winds, didn't sleep much. It happened to be trash pickup day today so natch, the bins outside blew around, over, and filled with water. Did one run out into it for myself and my 84 year old next door neighbor at 6am to right the bins so they could be picked up and then again later in the morning. Same neighbor had a very large tree downed, safely so (without taking anything else down with it) and the power flickered many times, but luckily stayed on.

It was sooooo quiet here, not a car drove down my street all day (very unusual) so most folks were indoors, I expect, especially since kids don't go back to school till Monday. It's eerily calm now, but the next waves are coming!

The Russian River is GORGED with water...it's astounding to see. Very rapid moving water with tons of tree limbs and where it routes through Healdsburg is a pretty wide area to accommodate that flow, high tho it was. I can't imagine how things are in Guerneville and farther downstream. This will be a good weekend to stay put, for sure!

Can you say climate change? I know you can!