Breezy

A couple of uprooted fir trees at The Springs Golf Course in Radium Hot Springs.

Last Friday we had a severe wind storm. A nearby weather station clocked the winds at over 200km/hr, which is unheard of in this area. The mountains usually protect us from high winds. Not this time.

The storm was accompanied by rain and lightning. There were shingles flying off roofs, billboards knocked over, moored motor boats swamped and sunk (I guess it wasn’t all bad), trees uprooted, buildings damaged; basically shit scattered from asshole to tea kettle, everywhere, in every direction.

Luckily, as far as I know, no injuries were reported.

Power was knocked out throughout the valley. Most was restored within 12 hours, however BC Hydro is still working to get power to some areas.

We were lucky. Only a few branches to pick up around our place. Work was a different story, plenty to clean up there.

A funny story that reminded me of my Mom. Two young women, Bex and Molly, from the UK that I work with were surprised at how fast the storm hit.

Bex saw the lights flicker and said, ‘Molly get the kettle on!’ They didn’t want the power to go off in the middle of a bad storm without being able to make a cup of tea. The kettle boiled just in time before the power went off for the duration.

My Mother was the same way. No matter what was about to hit a cup of tea seemed to make things a little better.

I sure hope this kind of weather doesn’t become part of our new normal.

7 thoughts on “Breezy”

  1. mountaincoward's avatar

    mountaincoward

    “moored motor boats swamped and sunk (I guess it wasn’t all bad),”
    Really laughed at that!

    And Bex & Molly have it just right – if the power’s about to go off, get the kettle on. Very quick and right-thinking.

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      1. mountaincoward's avatar

        mountaincoward

        perfectly agree. There used to be water skiiers on the Lake District lakes here but now they’ve put (very low) speed limits on all the lakes and banned that kind of thing. There don’t seem to be that many privately-owned motor boats but they can be hired on the bigger, more popular lakes. There are a lot of yachts (proper ones with sails) though which is good.

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      2. underswansea's avatar

        underswansea

        Canada’s Lake Windermere is covered with large motor boats owned by the richest and most entitled Canadians hailing from the oil rich province Alberta. The Lake is dead, only inhabited by invasive species, with yearly documented increases of toxic chemicals, but our leaders and business people are addicted to the money the second and third homeowner boater brings with them. In short it’s a fucking shame.

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