Anodyne
Friday, December 15, 2006
 

150km/hr winds overnight, the fiercest windstorm in more than thirty-five years on the coast.

Awakened at 3am by what sounded like a jetliner taking off in front of the building. Peered out through the blinds to see a naked man running round on the penthouse balcony opposite, trying to retrieve his hanging plants, sun umbrella, etc. as they disappeared off the far end of the deck into the dark. Made tea, was about to go back to bed, saw a white plastic lawn chair bowl past, six stories up, like a ghost, or the witch from The Wizard of Oz, bicycling along in the tornado. The night sky repeatedly turned green as the downtown peninsula's electrical transformers blew out one by one, outlining the darkened towers and condos with fierce bright light.

This morning: trees down in the street, one squarely on the roof of a small red car, caving it in along its horizontal axis.

No power at the shop. Breakfast, change run to the bank, intrinsic value calculations for small Canadian produce distribution company (solar-powered calculator!) & etc. Power back on at 3pm, quickly followed by everyone who had rattled the locked front door in the morning.

Snowstorm forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Temperature falling as we speak.
- posted by cjb @ 6:56 PM


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