Just got back online tonight, power has been off since Thursday night, ARG....
We had predictions of a weather front with associated winds possible, but they thought it would most likely skirt us and land up the coast in Vancouver Island, British Columbia......WRONG.
As My wife and I sit out in our hot tub, the winds increased dramatically in a matter of minutes, I mean from gusts, to a howl.
We got out, I shut and buttoned up the top to the tub.
It was getting ugly fast. As I get up at 3 AM, I thought I would just go to bed. I woke a few hours later in pitch dark, and our big evergreens bending scarily in the wind.
Ran had abated, and I was planning to ride to work on Friday, as Fridays and ferry's are a mess to get home.
I dressed by flashlight, and went and got on her.
My driveway was littered with branches, my boat was under a mess of them, but nothing too serious....
The streets were solid branches, needles and such, and I just took it slow....
I got down to the first corner, made a turn, and went a few hundred yards, then a big fir lay in my way, complete with power lines it brought down with it....
It took four different routes, attempts, before I found a passable road, and I had to skirt around some huge trees at that, but I could tell the fire department had already been there as they left cones, etc, so I knew it was safe, or as safe as it can be.
This girl was well behaved even tho I could hear crap fly up off the front wheel, trying to get into the belt, etc...
It really helped having such a low seat as I could walk/ride around, over much of the debris.
Unofficially (its not a registered weather recording station) had winds at 85 MPH, but the official site clocked 79 MPH, tho it is about 40 miles from where I live, and more sheltered than living on the south end of the island where it hit first.....
BTW, darn ethanol got my generator, even tho I drained it, it still gummed up the jets. I can run it with direct shots into the carb, but not from the tank.
Tomorrow I pull the carbs, cuz I think it is gonna be one of those winters.....snow one weekend, hurricane wind and torrential rain the next.... and no power