I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

[jhetley]

But we weren't in Kansas _before_ the storm hit, so that isn't a problem. I did think we were headed for Canada on a couple of those gusts. Gusts up over 50 mph, with heavy rain, temperatures in the 50s F, all the snow has vanished. No visible damage to our house, a few dead limbs down in the yard. Never lost power. Trash all over the neighborhood -- this morning is the weekly garbage pick-up, and some differently-abled individuals put their trash out last night or even earlier in the week.

Flood watches for the rivers, with the rain and snowmelt and the ground frozen like a rock so nothing soaks in. We're a hundred feet above the nearest water, so I'm easy on _that_. If the river bothers us, we'll have worse things to worry about.

Comments

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Excuse me, what the hell is wrong with putting out your trash the night before? When you have NO IDEA what time the trash pickup is going to show up, and it could be anytime from 7AM to 5PM, it's the only sensible way to handle the situation.

Unless, of course, you're one of those weirdos who enjoys getting up and hauling the trash can out at an obscene hour...