Bomb cyclone

Lonely mailbox post.

Not in recent memory have I experienced sustained hurricane-level winds until yesterday, as a bomb cyclone sits off North America's West Coast, spinning the atmosphere into an extreme tizzy. We haven't lost power, thank the Lord, although the internet is glitchy, why I'm writing so early in the day.

My goodness those winds! Gusting, howling, knocking a large geranium pot from its stand, blowing down a young tree, making the house rattle and keeping my husband and myself on edge all day. I stayed up long past my usual bedtime, listening to the wind, then the rain, which held off until evening. We're in a small rain shadow in our neck of the North Coast, and I'm eager to learn how much rain is in the gauge once there's enough daylight to see (one inch I found).

I'm hopeful this weather pattern is the kind that doesn't produce as much rain as forecasters predict; how often is that the case? Yes, it's better to edge toward the worst-case scenarios, but we've found that for whatever reason forecasters overemphasize the totals. Allegedly we're supposed to receive upwards of nine inches, NINE INCHES. That's a DANG lotta rain! 

Another stretch of high winds is due for Thursday night into Friday morning. I'll be keeping my computer shut off that evening certainly. Makes me grateful I finished my non-linear edits on The Hawk Book One yesterday, backing up that and Book Three of The Enran Chronicles on all my flash drives. There's regular storm prep like making certain enough bottled water and generators/battery packs are full. Then there's twenty-first century tech to sort. Right now I think we're covered.

When I started this over an hour ago, it was still dark outside. Now we find our mailbox was ripped from its post, but fortunately it was trapped against a wooden panel, not escaping, lol! It's now reaffixed to its post, whew! The internet remains wonky, but if that is currently the biggest issue, I will not complain.

Best I post this now while I can. Stay safe, stay hopeful, stay involved!