Lil' Windstorm

We had a huge windstorm last night! James called me at the gym at about 10pm to tell me that a tree had fallen through our cable line. I hurried home and we spent the next few hours watching the trees blow sideways in the wind, and we watched a 35-ft. birch fall in our front yard. The news said today that almost 60,000 homes ended up without power, and winds were clocked at 60mph in the city and over 100 mph on the hillside. We still have about 10,000 without power tonight.

Here's what the birch looked like in the morning. Luckily it fell onto some other trees and didn't block the road.

 This was the view of the birch from our side yard.... So glad it fell away from the house.

 Our family members across the street had one of their largest trees fall too, through their fence and blocking their driveway.

 The top of this tree fell down and knocked out our cable and internet. It was fixed by the next day though! Way to go, internet company! We also had two more trees on this side of the yard fall onto the neighbor's house/deck, but no damage there either. We were very lucky!

Everywhere we went today there was damage. I'm not sure we drove more than 30 seconds without seeing a tree down in all the driving we did today. They were EVERYWHERE.

 

We are so thankful we are safe! Scary thing to fall asleep to winds like that!