The wind roars, gusts like hurricanes, trees dance and fall. A scouring wind, pushing cars and people back and forth. Electricity cut off, lines trailing along. These winds happen, usually along a strong front, whoosh through and rush away. But this wind started last evening, waved through again in the wee hours, then right as we were finishing setting up the ORs for an 0800 start that never happened. Reserve power kicked in, went out, then generator only. And still it roars, and may until morning.
We tidied up, salvaged what we could, and got supplies ready for tomorrow. The drive home slightly less scary than the drive in, but more trees and branches down, and traffic lights out. My driveway full of leaves and branches crunching under my tires. After a brief break, I went back out and cleared away the worst of it, compost and mulch for the garden, later.
Our tree in front is healthy, and seems to be having fun.
SALT LAKE CITY — Hurricane-level winds blew into the state Tuesday morning leading to power outages, downed trees and wind damage throughout northern Utah.
The National Weather Service officially reported a wind gust of 99 mph in Farmington and unofficial reports at the University of Utah had the gusts as high as 112 mph. The Salt Lake Airport had gusts of 70 mph.
Thousands of Utahns lost power due to the strong winds and schools throughout the area were closed.
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We had what I call a Mordor sky yesterday evening with Tornado warning sirens blaring ... knock on wood, the electricity stayed on.
Rou,
Keep the electrons flowing. We didn't lose power here, either.
Sorry that my comments don't seem to be getting through the bad weather, but I'm thinking of you all. Stay as safe as you can. Those cars are terrifyingly close to the trees.
I hope you and yours and everyone else stays safe.
RR,
There were a few crushed cars in the area. Semi-trucks shoved over on the highway.
Should,
We are fine, we never even lost power aside from a few flickers. Very weird weather though.
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