11.6! Damn! Beat anything we had as far back as 1996 when we had that big ice storm. I have never seen it rain so much around here. I wanted to go out to the property today to check for damages but most of the roads are closed between here and there. The Tahuya River Bridge has washed out so I’d have to take the LONG way around through Tahuya anyway. (Damn. It is raining like crazy out there right now!)

Yesterday was a trip. Power went off at 0800. Came back on around 1000. Back off again around 1200. On again at 1500 or so. Off again at 2030. On again at 2110. Brownouts bad enough to shut my computer down between times of power or not. And of course I can’t get that damned generator started again. Damn!
Today a friend that lives about 30 minutes away called and asked if I could come over and fix the tarp they put over their roof to slow the leaks down. (They’re older than I and just barely ’making’ it. As a lot of us are…) The tarps blew off in the wind yesterday. So SWMBO and I gathered some tools together and went over. Wasn’t really too bad on their roof except for the SLIPPERY WET MOSS that covered most of the roof! Did what I could, got soaking wet and came on home. Got into something warm and dry immediately.

Started out with 6.5 inches of rain in our area from midnight to 0800. Wow! Winds knocked out the power at 0800 (my UPS woke me up beeping) and it was out for a couple of hours. Came back on for about an hour then went out again for 4 hours or so. Back on now but it’s still windy out there so there’s no telling how long it will stay on. Heavy rain has this whole tri-state area on flood watch. There’s been mudslides and a sink hole opened up somewhere in the area.

Not sure if I like hearing the wind whistle around this house. I think the wind coming from all directions is the reason we have a water leak from one of the overhead lamps in the living room. Called our Landlord about it and he came down and crawled into the overhead to check it out. Small leak from the roof. He put a bucket under it as a stopgap. (Uh oh, lights are flickering again…) That is one nice thing about renting; you can always call the Landlord for problems. (Still wish we were living in our dome though…) Now we just have to remember NOT to turn on those lights until they dry out!
Had the generator running so I could watch the news this morning. Power came back on so I turned it off. Power went out again and I got tired of sitting in the silence after a couple of hours so I went out to restart the generator. Wouldn’t restart. Damn! Switch to “on”. Plenty of oil. Full of gas. Generator tank full of gas too. I get a little red light flashing when I pull on the starter cord. Hmmm. Sometimes wish I knew a bit more about engines. Damned thing won’t start even spraying a (small!) amount of starter fluid in the air intake. Usually that starts it right up.
Think I’ll make taco’s for dinner. I’ll log in and add anything later if I can and if there’s anything new.

Started snowing pretty good early this morning; but it’s all turned to rain now. Bummer! The weather is supposed to get much worse over the next day or so too. Bummer! Guess I’ll have to get off my ass and make sure I have enough gas for the generator and give it a test run today. I grew up mostly in Southern California or in the Southern States and, if not hated, never had any really good feelings about snow. But I have lived up here so long, and it has rained so much, that I prefer snow to rain any day. Might feel differently if I had a ’regular’ job and had to drive in it everyday.

Not much else going on. Normal first Sunday of the month. Think I’ll make a roast for dinner. Get some dishes and laundry done. Maybe.

It started snowing around noon today. I had to make a run into town for some things and decided to go on out to the property and take some pictures of it. The closer I got to Belfair, WA the more it was snowing. The higher I got up the hills the harder it was snowing. Cool! It was really nice out at the property. Snowing pretty good. Took some pictures, got cold and left. Stayed in 4×4 high all the way back. Was going around this one S-Curve when the two vehicles in front of me slid off into a ditch. I stopped to see if they were okay and thanked them for showing me where the slippery spot was. On the way back this bright purple Firebird waited until I was about 20 feet from the intersection before pulling out in front of me. I barely missed him! Damned Fool Driver! And there’s a bunch of them out there! People driving like it is warm and sunny instead of snowing. Idiots!

You can see the pictures of today’s snow at our property here. Took some video also but haven’t got it on my computer yet.

So I made Chili-Mac tonight.