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Better safe than sorry?
Mar. 26th, 2025 11:56 pmWell. I woke today to learn that J had let both cats out, to enjoy the sunny morning weather, but he wasn’t able to find Azalyn to get her back inside. Meanwhile, he had concluded that I should probably put my car in his garage, in case we did have the giant hail, since his car is 16 years older than mine and already plenty dented. However, he was scheduled to be in meetings up until the time the storm was expected, leaving it up to me to rearrange all the heavy things on the side of his garage where my car could go. I headed over there – the storm clouds were clearly moving up from the south at a good pace – and worked hard at moving around all the furniture stored in there, and recycling a bunch of boxes, and finding a good spot for his bicycle, and then managed to get my car inside. I also rushed around making sure things were reasonably stable, such as the garbage bin, the recycling bin, etc., and cleaned my front porch in case the wind got wild and messed up the cats’ food dishes. During all this, I did find Azalyn and got her indoors. By the time I was done, a good breeze was starting, and I headed inside, exhausted.
Well, and that’s what it was, a breeze. After a while the breeze died down, and the sun started peeking out between the clouds. A few hours later, when J was off work, we walked down to the park, with him semi-riding his bike, and looked at some wildflowers blooming on the hillside, and he found a newt resting on the sidewalk, and then it started to rain lightly, so we went back home. It sprinkled for a while then was done. And that was our “big storm.” My sister , who lives about four miles northeast of us, did hear one thunderclap. Portland’s weather was similar – at least we heard from a friend north of Seattle that they had a proper thunderstorm – but there were no big winds, no giant hail, nothing the least unusual.
I remained quite worn out and got nothing done this evening beyond the basics. J downloaded a new game, which was peaceful and moderately interesting, and I watched him play it for four or five hours.
Well, and that’s what it was, a breeze. After a while the breeze died down, and the sun started peeking out between the clouds. A few hours later, when J was off work, we walked down to the park, with him semi-riding his bike, and looked at some wildflowers blooming on the hillside, and he found a newt resting on the sidewalk, and then it started to rain lightly, so we went back home. It sprinkled for a while then was done. And that was our “big storm.” My sister , who lives about four miles northeast of us, did hear one thunderclap. Portland’s weather was similar – at least we heard from a friend north of Seattle that they had a proper thunderstorm – but there were no big winds, no giant hail, nothing the least unusual.
I remained quite worn out and got nothing done this evening beyond the basics. J downloaded a new game, which was peaceful and moderately interesting, and I watched him play it for four or five hours.