Tuesday, July 1st, Happy Canada Day!
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:26 am
Good morning, villagers ~
Apologies for disappearing again, we had more bad storms. I had to shut down early yesterday afternoon, checked in very briefly late in the day, but then another line of storms came through and hung around all evening. The afternoon ones were the worst, with the tornado siren going off, extremely high winds and heavy rain. DH said on his drive home, he saw branches down and even a couple of collapsed outbuildings on farms, plus lots of high water.
DH and I have been very lucky with no damage and still having power, as lots of friends in neighboring towns are battling water in basements. Even the truck stop here in Tiny Town had to close because of no electricity, which shocked us when we tried to go there for supper. They are on a separate power grid in the new part of town, and they have always had power when we've lost ours. It was very surprising to go there and see the doors locked, when our lights at home were working fine.
There is a chance of additional showers today, but it is not supposed to be bad. I need to get out and run the errands that I couldn't do yesterday. Nothing will be open yet so I have some time.
Ah, the coffee's done.
BRB to cuop from yesterday to see what y'all got up to while I was cowering in front of the tv watching storm reports.
Unfortunately, I waited too late yesterday to start laundry. Now we are concerned about the flash flooding in other parts of town overwhelming the storm sewers and thus affecting the water treatment plant. DH recommended not using any more water than truly necessary today, just to give the system a chance to settle down.
Apologies for disappearing again, we had more bad storms. I had to shut down early yesterday afternoon, checked in very briefly late in the day, but then another line of storms came through and hung around all evening. The afternoon ones were the worst, with the tornado siren going off, extremely high winds and heavy rain. DH said on his drive home, he saw branches down and even a couple of collapsed outbuildings on farms, plus lots of high water.
DH and I have been very lucky with no damage and still having power, as lots of friends in neighboring towns are battling water in basements. Even the truck stop here in Tiny Town had to close because of no electricity, which shocked us when we tried to go there for supper. They are on a separate power grid in the new part of town, and they have always had power when we've lost ours. It was very surprising to go there and see the doors locked, when our lights at home were working fine.
There is a chance of additional showers today, but it is not supposed to be bad. I need to get out and run the errands that I couldn't do yesterday. Nothing will be open yet so I have some time.
Ah, the coffee's done.
BRB to cuop from yesterday to see what y'all got up to while I was cowering in front of the tv watching storm reports.Unfortunately, I waited too late yesterday to start laundry. Now we are concerned about the flash flooding in other parts of town overwhelming the storm sewers and thus affecting the water treatment plant. DH recommended not using any more water than truly necessary today, just to give the system a chance to settle down.
