Dear WeatherCat faithful,
We had a "historic" off-shore wind event starting Saturday night. It even set a new wind gust record at Canebas weather station:
As threatened, PG&E cut off our electricity late in the evening of Saturday the 26th. We were without electricity all day Sunday and most of the day on Monday. Fortunately, the new generator shouldered the task of powering the refrigerator, upright freezer, and a few other small things during the daytime. Alas, that didn't resolve the issue of cooking since we have an all-electric kitchen. So I cooked outside on the propane camp stove I bought 20 years ago. It was quite chilly in the late evenings and early mornings!
I did try to capture some photos of the occasion. Here is an
"old school" attempt to capture the wind as the blurring of the branches and the anemometer:
For all the hardship, we still ended up with some fires. The Kincade Fire continues to burn in the North Bay. On Sunday there was a fire in the adjacent town of Lafayette that forced some evacuations and damaged some structures. As a result, this morning we had a smoky sunrise:
We are expecting another off-shore wind event tonight into tomorrow. However, it isn't expected to be as severe and PG&E has decided to leave our electricity on. Unfortunately what we desperately need is some rain to dampen the critically dry vegetation. So far still no rain as far as the forecasters dare conjecture.
Such are
da' conditions that prevail in California, . . . . .
Oh well, . . . . Edouard