Big Storm Expected This Evening

November has been more normal this year than last year– last year we had a freak deep freeze with snow the first week of November, and then it was mostly sunny and warmish the rest of the winter! This year, the rains came in late October, and then settled in with a vengence for November. Almost every day we’ve had rain, often pouring rain like I am used to in the Midwest. A few sun breaks, but tons of wind and real gushers of storms. The last couple of days has been no exception… high winds and heavy rains.

This afternoon into tonight a BIG storm is closing in and will be with us through Wednesday morning. Sustained winds in the 30s with gusts into the 60s are expected, along with a deluge of more rain. I live on a ridge open to the southwest, which is the direction most storms come from here, so we’ll have more of an issue than people down in the valleys.

Power outages and floods are expected (storm drains easily filled with leaves this time of year) and so I’m preparing to be offline and out of electric and phone service for a time.

It promises to get exciting. I just hope no trees fall on the house I’m living in! Water saturated soil plus high winds means trees will be coming down all over the place, and many trees here are over 100 feet tall. (More like 40 to 60 where I live, but still!) SO–! Yeah, a little scary too. But what is life without adventure!?