Yesteray we had a crazy wind storm here! We lost power at about 2 pm and it is still out now at 10 am… The Internet is telling us we will be out until midnight tonight but we have learned that we usually get it back a lot sooner than what they say… Sometimes however, they update and extend the time so we are keeping our fingers crossed that we get it back today. Apparently we are not alone, most of Prince George, Quesnel, Williams lake etc are all out, all the way down to Vernon… And we didn’t check the coast but I’m sure they have been effected as well.
We were without power already when it got really windy so we were playing cards at the table to pass the time until we could carry on with what we had planned for the day. I looked out and saw that it was raining branches in the fron yard, we went out ( dogs on lock down) onto the deck and we could hear trees falling up and down the valley… It sounded like they were exploding and at one point it sounded like dozen went at the same time… It was really scary! I was looking up above the parking lot and I watched 2 trees fall (photo of them below). We hunkered down in the house and about and hour or so later it cleared up, the storm had passed but the destruction left behind was wide spread and apparent. We went for a building check and thought we had better make sure none of our trees were on the lines. We found many trees down as you can see on our snow shoe trail but luckily nothing had hit any buildings and none of our trees were on the lines! All good news.
So now we wait until the power comes back. We are planning a wieny roast for lunch, get a Bon fire going outside
