Mon, Jan 07 2008

Central Coast (and other) weather

We were without power for about 6 hours last Friday, due to complications from the windy storm. I believe our service was restored as soon as it was because of our home's proximity to the local airport. Certain neighborhoods seem to get priority under such conditions, including those with hospitals, fire stations and airports. We had come home from a necessary errand and had lit candles and were prepared to settle in for a dark evening. My spouse kindly went back out into the storm to pick up fast food from an area that still had power. By the time he came home with dinner the power was back on, at least for us. For those of you still awaiting service, I hope you have a good generator on hand to keep the cold foods from spoiling.

Locally, we all saw much of this type of scene last weekend. We didn't go over to the beach, but a few who did go got a good soaking.

They're worried about mudslides in Southern California, where 2007 fires stripped important vegetation from hillsides. We probably won't have much trouble with that in our mountains unless the ground gets a lot more saturated from future storms. We actually have some filtered sun this first Monday of 2008, but in Fernley, Nevada, where the storm brought flooding from a compromised levee, they're in for rain, snow and then more rain tomorrow. The flood waters they had in town froze overnight, adding to their woes. Our rains may return tomorrow, but at least we won't have frigid temperatures. And with no high wind warnings out there at this point we're less likely to have to deal with more power outages the rest of the week. That's a big plus for those of us whose work is computer-centric.

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