When I was living on Bainbridge Island, there was an unusual August wind/rain storm about 5 years ago. The combination of wind and fully-leaved trees made for extensive tree damage and power outages.
Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 2:03 pm
When I was living on Bainbridge Island, there was an unusual August wind/rain storm about 5 years ago. The combination of wind and fully-leaved trees made for extensive tree damage and power outages.
That was a big one up here too. Late August 2015. Lost power for over two days due to that.
Huge amount of tree damage. Combination of fully-leaved trees and the preceding spring/summer drought.
Typeing3 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 2:23 pm
That was a big one up here too. Late August 2015. Lost power for over two days due to that.
Huge amount of tree damage. Combination of fully-leaved trees and the preceding spring/summer drought.
Wow! That's a long outage. We also lost power from that storm but for only 5 hours, so not a big deal. Nothing compared to being without power for over two days. Did you lose everything in your refrigerator?
AbbyJr wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 4:16 pm
Wow! That's a long outage. We also lost power from that storm but for only 5 hours, so not a big deal. Nothing compared to being without power for over two days. Did you lose everything in your refrigerator?
A few items but it could have been a lot worse. Thankfully was able to store a lot of stuff at a family member's place, who has an extra fridge/freezer.
Rubus_Leucodermis wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 10:35 am
A gradual ramp-up to normal would be nice. Get a gradual melt underway to reduce the snowpack before any real heat wave hits. (I cannot remember a summer without at least one heat wave, so it is safe to assume there will be at least one.)
so time for bed.