Yeah, it was a DOOZY!

So we spent the first part of this week being told that this storm was going to be BAD. They were right.....

2 sections of fence down....

section on the side leaning (notice that if it falls, it will hit the power box for the spa?)

This section just sheared right off the 4x4 post....

yes, that says 2.5" of rain. Since Thursday.

At least we have no roof damage. All the neighbors have shingles off. When we re-roofed in 2005, we could have done it for about half the cost if we had just replaced it with the same quality that was on there to start with, but after wind damage TWICE, we decided to put a 50 year, 100MPH roof on the house. Apparently a really good move.....

Next door the wind took the chimney cap/spark thingy halfway off. Of course it is dangling precariously over the property line now.... She also has a section of fence down in back in addition to the sheared off support on our side. Next door on the other side they lost shingles and part of their patio cover. There's two guys on the roof on the house behind us now (in the rain) covering up the bare spots.

All in all, we were really lucky. The biggest piece of my tree that came off was about 2 feet long and only about the diameter of a pencil. Guess that means my tree is healthy! The neighbor across the street had their trash cans blow over, so their recycling is all over their front yard. I remembered to put the bricks on the lids of our cans and they stayed shut. YAY! I don't think there is a leaf left on our block. Russ went down to the corner last night and raked the pile away from the storm drain so we won't get street flooding with the rain today. So much nicer to do that when it's not raining that when you look out and see a lake at the end of the driveway!

So, that's the storm update. Oh, and for the number geeks, we had sustained winds over 40MPH for about 5 hours. The peak sustained wind speed hit 57MPH at one point and our "record" gusts came in at 65MPH at 8AM, but were running over 55MPH from 7AM until 10:30. NASTY NASTY day! These recordings were for the Sac Int'l airport which is about 10 miles away. When you see the news for Sacramento, they usually take the readings at EXECUTIVE Airport which is about 25 miles south of us.

And it's raining again.... hard enough that I can hear it. Wheeeee.......