wet and windy

a number of people have written to ask if i've been affected by the storm that blew through here. the quick answer is "no, i'm fine."

a shitload of rain fell sunday and monday... something like 10 inches in 12 hours. at the coast it was worse. that much rain, PLUS hurricane-force winds. over 100 miles per hour, from what i understand. there is flooding up and down the coast. the amtrak line between portland and seattle is closed. sections of I-5 are closed. thousands are experiencing power outages, but the worst of it is towards the coast.

here in my area of the world the fallen leaves have clogged the storm drains, so there is a lot of standing water in the roads. sunday was really windy, but i haven't seen anything get knocked down from it.

so, basically, i've been fortunate. others west of me have experienced the worst of it.

what's funny is that everyone who has been warning me of how gray and yukky the winters are here have been backtracking and saying, "this is unusual! it's never this bad!"