Abacinator
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heh. moist.
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Storm, Atmospheric river, latest update
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berth
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Weatherbot on my phone is calling for 1.6" today (shows up this evening), 4.05 tomorrow (raining ALL DAY), and 1.55 on Tuesday. So, ~7" in 3 days down here.
We're prepared. I have a pair of pot pies in the freezer for lunch tomorrow.
We're prepared. I have a pair of pot pies in the freezer for lunch tomorrow.
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Windy as F here in Mt View. Watching canopies being damaged and destroyed. Glad I got a cocktail to get through it.
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Power is not now, just ran some cords from the inverter in my van. Have the internet and TV up now. Will switch to the fridge if out over two hours. I hope PG&E has running later so I don't have to run a cord to the gas heater. 540 Ah of Lithium should last for 5 hours before I need to start the Ohan generator.
The wind hit 42 MPH just before we lost power.
The wind hit 42 MPH just before we lost power.
900ss
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I just got back to San Jose from San Francisco. It was blustery as hell at times, with some pretty severe gusts.
Just north of the airport a Cathay Air A350 was on approach from the northwest and aborted. FlightRadar 24 shows it came from Oakland, the flight was HKG-SFO, so it must have initially diverted to OAK. It flew down the peninsula and went over the Pacific just north of Half Moon Bay, then made landfall south of Pescadero. It then turned south and climbed to 27,000 feet, and FR24 showed it diverted to LAX. I see there were gusts at SFO over 60 mph this afternoon.
I bet that was a fun ride!
Just north of the airport a Cathay Air A350 was on approach from the northwest and aborted. FlightRadar 24 shows it came from Oakland, the flight was HKG-SFO, so it must have initially diverted to OAK. It flew down the peninsula and went over the Pacific just north of Half Moon Bay, then made landfall south of Pescadero. It then turned south and climbed to 27,000 feet, and FR24 showed it diverted to LAX. I see there were gusts at SFO over 60 mph this afternoon.
I bet that was a fun ride!
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AbsolutEnduser
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Definitely “windy” but it’s actually way more so, at least in SF— like wind turbine noise , I couldn’t believe it when I got out of the car in a certain spot! .. it’s happening between the hills and you can see branches falling. Then I realized I’ve heard it before over the years, but only a few couple of times!
So not exactly meh, but just will need some cleanup.
Additionally heard quite a few medical /F D sirens out and about
If you leave a door unlatched / open, they are slamming constantly. Even pulls my hand backwards if there a tunnel
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HappyHighwayman
It's all in the reflexes
Some wind
Abacinator
Unholy Blasphemies
That's a good looking dracaena
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OK, when it gets like this The Smiths get out and wander. Smiled as we went by the electronic message boards that cautioned, suggesting not traveling today and Monday. OK...
Worried the boat would be a leaky tiki, arrived to find the cabin bone dry. Captain Tolly's is wonderful!
On the ~200 miles to SF Bay, numerous fields flooded, canals and washes at max capacity and the north end of 505 was closed past Dunnigan. I've seen it flood on 505 before nearer the north end between Zamora and Putah Creek.
Boat is at Coyote Point. Guard told us there was a eucalyptus down but maybe it was cleared. After we settled into the boat, which is getting tossed in high winds, got the email from harbormaster that the park is closed. Oops! Lafayette, we are already here?!?
Saw at least two trees down, as they had covered the road before being cleared. It was a shit-show here last March. Numerous trees uprooted on golf course and park knoll. A small fishing boat on a trailer took off being lifted by the wind and crashed into the next boat in line otherwise, it would have careened more precarious fashion than it did.
There will be more to see at dawn's early light. Until then, Captain's cabin is rocking and not due to close quarters with the First Mate.
Worried the boat would be a leaky tiki, arrived to find the cabin bone dry. Captain Tolly's is wonderful!
On the ~200 miles to SF Bay, numerous fields flooded, canals and washes at max capacity and the north end of 505 was closed past Dunnigan. I've seen it flood on 505 before nearer the north end between Zamora and Putah Creek.
Boat is at Coyote Point. Guard told us there was a eucalyptus down but maybe it was cleared. After we settled into the boat, which is getting tossed in high winds, got the email from harbormaster that the park is closed. Oops! Lafayette, we are already here?!?
Saw at least two trees down, as they had covered the road before being cleared. It was a shit-show here last March. Numerous trees uprooted on golf course and park knoll. A small fishing boat on a trailer took off being lifted by the wind and crashed into the next boat in line otherwise, it would have careened more precarious fashion than it did.
There will be more to see at dawn's early light. Until then, Captain's cabin is rocking and not due to close quarters with the First Mate.
HappyHighwayman
It's all in the reflexes
Thanks for identifying it for me, I took it from my friends who emigrated to Australia. It was doing poorly under their ownership and exploded under mine.
This is what it normally looks like:
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Spent a lot of the day in Sausalito tryinmg not to die. Came back to St. Ralph to 3 boats needing to be pumped.
These are not my dreams.
These are not my dreams.
Abacinator
Unholy Blasphemies
Thanks for identifying it for me, I took it from my friends who emigrated to Australia. It was doing poorly under their ownership and exploded under mine.
This is what it normally looks like:
She looks healthy! Ours looks a little crabby in comparison.
littlebeast
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we live up on the divide (ridge crest) between the middle and north forks of the american river. we're closest (very close) to the top of the middle fork canyon, and it's been an intense and wild ride this evening and tonight. all wind. at intervals, you can hear it coming down the canyon gathering strength - sounds like a super loud jet engine winding up. and then it crests the ridge and hits our property like a micro blast. the ponderosas sway in probably a 60 foot side to side span. the tops of 100 footers swaying like that is quite a sight. the big oaks (70 footers) are swaying less, but it takes a shit ton of force to even get them moving at all. so far, no wood down. fingers crossed. it's supposed to ease up at midnight. hopefully it does.
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Hope you get through with no broken trees.
This makes me glad I got seven big trees down over the past couple of summers. Any one of them could reach the house and it wouldn’t be pretty. There are lots of others but they’re healthy and they’ve all seen big wind many times.
littlebeast
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we took down 10 ponderosas this past summer. all that had potential to impact the big oaks (growing up into or close to them where that wind movement would have been a major problem). most were in the 30-40 foot range, but a few in the 60-70 foot range. so glad we did. this event would have been a disaster if we hadn't.
mean dad
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I think 39 mph was the highest sustained wind my little weather thingie recorded yesterday.
Pretty large branch (for city living) dropped from my tree. Got lucky and it missed the patio roof by a couple feet so it was just cutting and clearing the branch itself.
For the love of all that is holy would you PLEASE put a wedge under the right side of the planter and level it out?!?!!??
Pretty large branch (for city living) dropped from my tree. Got lucky and it missed the patio roof by a couple feet so it was just cutting and clearing the branch itself.
This is what it normally looks like:
For the love of all that is holy would you PLEASE put a wedge under the right side of the planter and level it out?!?!!??
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We hit 41 mph winds before the power went out. May have been higher later. 5 hours without power, used the big lithium batteries and inverter in the van to run fridge, TV and internet. My neighbor had there tall pines trimmed in November and they came through fine. The green strip down the block has many limbs down from there large pines. Only 0.6 inches of rain.
