Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Jan 04 2008
Wind and rain have arrived, and with them, busy time for emergency workers
My portable scanner has calls going nonstop this morning, with the wind taking down utility lines or tree limbs, or tree limbs that fall on utility lines. I heard a report that the tent was coming off a house that had been tented for fumigation. That would take some powerful blowing. But it sounds as though the home is a flat-roofed house, so water may be puddling on the roof and pulling the edges of the tenting material inward. In any event, I've made a mental note never to have this house tented in the winter here in California, if it can possibly be avoided.
At least our area isn't forecast to get 10 feet of snow. I can only imagine how high the drifts will be in the Truckee area, with winds forecast to gust to hurricane force in some areas. There was some talk among meteorologists that our coastline could experience 30-foot surf swells, so it's certainly no time to take a leisurely stroll along the beach. And for those of you who got a brand new surfboard for Christmas, do resist the urge to haul it out and take that virgin ride. I suggest ingesting steamy bowls of soup, as needed, until all such self-destructive urges pass safely from your thoughts. Come to think of it, steamy bowls of soup for everyone sounds good on this wet, windy day.
posted at: 08:04 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
My portable scanner has calls going nonstop this morning, with the wind taking down utility lines or tree limbs, or tree limbs that fall on utility lines. I heard a report that the tent was coming off a house that had been tented for fumigation. That would take some powerful blowing. But it sounds as though the home is a flat-roofed house, so water may be puddling on the roof and pulling the edges of the tenting material inward. In any event, I've made a mental note never to have this house tented in the winter here in California, if it can possibly be avoided.
At least our area isn't forecast to get 10 feet of snow. I can only imagine how high the drifts will be in the Truckee area, with winds forecast to gust to hurricane force in some areas. There was some talk among meteorologists that our coastline could experience 30-foot surf swells, so it's certainly no time to take a leisurely stroll along the beach. And for those of you who got a brand new surfboard for Christmas, do resist the urge to haul it out and take that virgin ride. I suggest ingesting steamy bowls of soup, as needed, until all such self-destructive urges pass safely from your thoughts. Come to think of it, steamy bowls of soup for everyone sounds good on this wet, windy day.
posted at: 08:04 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
