The wind roared all night, blew snow on the car inside the (doorless) garage. Very cold, about 14˚F. Winds down here only about 10mph. But on the way up, I caught the downslopes, wildly blowing snow, shoving the car around. Felt like 40-50 mph. At work, the wind closed the car door hard. Breathtaking, both in force and cold, took all I had to open the door to the building, it shoved me in and threw the free papers in the lobby about. Glad I had parka and warm gloves.
Everyone stunned clocking in. Buffeted. Ceiling tiles in the entrances were falling down. The receptionists were shivering, as the temperatures dropped to about 40˚F at their desks. I brought them warmed blankets, and they wrapped up gratefully. Stories of trees fallen over major streets, icy roads. Patients struggling in. Semis pushed over on freeways, power outages, fences flattened.
I asked G if he'd rode his motorcycle in.
"Um... yeah." He grinned.
"With a sail?" I added.
"And tire spikes!" Which got him laughing.
Coming home at 5, the winds had abated considerably, still bitter cold. One place recorded a gust of 78mph. Shudder.
9 comments:
Oh, my! Glad you made it home safely.
Getting home wasn't bad, getting there was a bit iffy.
That's frightening, and people are powerless against it. Stay safe.
RR,
Kinda exhilarating, though.
Attention getting!
Bracing ... but so good to be back home indoors looking out the window. This description simply plays into my image of you all out West being amongst the hardiest of folk!
Nimble,
Yeah, we all were looking at each other as we blew in, with the same wild look in our eyes.
Rou,
Except that I learned to be tough in Detroit and Boston, winters here are a lot milder than back east.
We lost power last night after a wind storm that followed 20mm of freezing rain. The wind has kept up today as the temperature is dropping, we were at 2C early yesterday evening, then at -13C this morning at 7AM, the temp is still dropping down to -22C tonight. Impressive weather, to say the least.
Phil,
You are getting our weather now. With a little extra chill. Stay bundled up.
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