High Wind Advisories Again

[here to stay]

This is getting to be routine- every two or three days there have been storms coming from the Pacific southwest with the same characteristics- sustained winds of 35 to 40 miles an hour with gusts up to 50 to 70 miles per hour. And this has been going on for a month or more.

The result is power and phone lines come down. The power company usually does controlled traffic when it fixes its line but the phone company doesn't bother- it shuts down the whole road. Meanwhile more roads are being closed with slides caused by rain with every storm- I saw there was some slippage on our own secondary road yesterday- road crews are spread so thin and there is so little time between storms that there are roads being left shut even though it actually cuts off access to anywhere for numbers of people. State highways are closed as well as roads to whole towns. Trees come down and now apparently some of the largest redwoods are falling now. Those need specialized equipment to remove as regular chainsaws are too small. The road and utility people must be exhausted.

Thank goodness the private drive I live on is flat and has no culverts so is unlikely to fail. But that is not true for any number of families in my area. There is little flat land here and private roads and bridges abound.

Each storm that comes in here then moves east. I wonder how far east they go before petering out.


Definitely an old fashion test of coping with weather going on. Thank goodness it has been relatively warm and the snow has stayed at around 3-4 thousand feet as snow laden trees come down much more frequently.

[solargeek]

here to stay, WOW it does sound like an "are you prepared" test! I have been home with a cold since Thursday last week- could've gone out yesterday but we got tons of ice/rain/sleet on top of our 16" base of snow. My dog SLID all the way down our driveway (about 400 feet) to 'do her business' it was so bad. But what is nice, is I have everything I need due to the lifestyle we all promote on here.

Glad you are ok and have what you need. We are now in the deep freeze with temps going to -15 to -25 this evening due to winds.

[Woodpecker]

60 degrees here today! Tonight snow 8-10 inches, falling into the teens tonight!

[countrymom22]

We're right there with you Woodpecker. Spent today putting things away outside and running errands so I don't have to leave here for 2 days, at least. The schools have already called to cancel for tomorrow and oldest son's boss told him not to come into work as usual, but to wait at home until they call him out to plow. Hubby doesn't know it yet, but he isn't going to work tomorrow until the storm is over and our place is plowed out. We only have antique equipment that is very touchy, so this is his job. Then he can go into work if he wants. Of course, he is self employed, so no boss to worry about.

Stay safe everyone!

[bluemingidiot]

It is 46° and calm right now. Got up to 84°. This is the 6th time the temp has been 80° or above so far this year. The 13th and 14th it will be highs in the 40s and wet. Good bluebonnet weather. There is a price to pay for pretty weather--Sunday we killed two scorpions in the house. In the old days most folks had chickens in the yard and there weren't as many scorpions. If I survive our remodel I am going to get a chicken tractor and start some search and destroy scorpion patrols around here.

In the old days you replaced or repaired things when they wore out. Nowadays we are too impatient to wait for things to wear out. The advertisers have convinced women they need to update. Now the global economy is update dependent.  Sad to be an appliance.  The stove had one burner that didn't work and was incontinent when broiling.  Even so, most of the food tasted good.  The dishwasher was only three years old but had some behavioral issues.  Not violent or anything just tended to be obsessive/compulsive and not responsive to correction.  The microwave died but since it was a built-in we left the corpse in the kitchen for almost four years until we could afford to remodel.  Besides being plain, the refrigerator's chief sin is that it never met our capacity needs.  It would be like Ugly Betty at the Miss America contest in the new kitchen. That fridge will go to the den where her assets can be better appreciated.

[here to stay]

This storm is proving a challenge. Because the power has not gone out. Yet. A rarity. Do I start things that will be effected by power, like laundry or cooking? It's still windy but dying down. Oh the indecision.

[here to stay]

An interesting day for sure. The major highway in the area closed due to a slide, the detour then closed due to a slide there. They decided that the highway looked safer and are doing escorted traffic through there periodically.

Someone published a picture of the highway department taking the rocks from slide side of a local two lane road and dropping it on over the other side of the road where the river has eroded almost under the road. I guess a case of the Lord will provide but those workers are sure brave.

Some one published a video of a slide that pushed through a business in a nearby small town. It was a mechanical repair shop with many bays holding vehicles and equipment needing repair. Looks like all are pretty much gone as the slide pushed into the street.

Power is out in spots all over the county.

And a few rivers are at flood stage. The rain is still coming down. Reminds me of the good ol' days when this was routine but the 4 year drought has created a false sense of security. And a sizable backlog of slides ready to go.