Unearthing a life.....

Twenty-eight hours till Super Bowl kick-off after a thirty year wait here in Puget Sound and PRESTO BINGO! the biggest wind storm in seven years hits the area. Trees rooted in ground that has soaked up water for six weeks are toppling and powerline transformers are making like popcorn. Will there be power tomorrow? Will there be TV? Will there be a watching of the Super Bowl? Tragedy is teetering on our doorstep.

As you can see in the pic above, limbs have been breaking off the big maple in back, bouncing thunderously off our metal roof, and crashing and shattering on the lawn. We've lost power five times since midnight .... the three today have been only of a few seconds duration .... KNOCK ON WOOD! Gusts of wind tore one of my backporch wind chimes apart and sent it crashing down on the concrete stoop (see pic below). Heard three crashes on the roof while putting this post together.