Weathering the Storms

We've been getting walloped with nasty wet weather for the past week or so. Thunder, lightning (which is pretty unusual for these parts), hail, high winds, you name it! We've had over 8 inches of rain in Ben Lomond since Sunday. Tuesday was the worst... power went out around 5am and didn't come back all day, so we decided to eat out for dinner down in Santa Cruz after work before heading home. When we finally headed up the hill around 6, we got stuck in some of the most horrendous traffic I've ever had to deal with in Santa Cruz. What is normally a 25 minute drive home took 2.5 hours, yes hours!! Both the main roads home, Hwy 9 and E. Zayante Dr, were closed due to fallen trees or downed power lines. Power was still out when we finally made it in, but came back around 9:30 that night. We are so glad we did the tree work we needed done last year b/c I'm sure they would have been a problem. A tree took out our neighbor's main power drop to his house yesterday during a high wind gust and the power co. says it won't be restored for a few days at least. Getting a generator is quickly moving up our priority list!