Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Racing the Storm

We left immediately after PWOC to race the storm to OR for Izaak's graduation. The base is closing down. There will be no work on Thursday. The base Christmas Party, ALS graduation and more - all off or postponed.....

This is to be a once in a decade (or century - depending on who you talk to) storm.  I've heard 3- 5 inches of water and 60 mph winds. The rain doesn't seem to be a big fear or a huge deal...but bridges could go out (some did last week), roads could flood (some did last week).....I just find it odd to see all the sand bags.  The concern seems to be the wind - again as one who grew up in a land of typhoons and recently lived in Northern Japan - I'm not overly worried. We brought in our nativity, patio furniture and such. We moved trash cans. If a tree or power line comes down - it will be fixed. But the mania is quite interesting to watch.  Some media personalities seem over-the-top panicked....most I met on-base were simply glad to have the advance notice to  prepare...they could be isolated from the commissary and off-base...so it is always nice to know in advance. Power outages seem to be the norm on base...and they were cut off with a day of heavy rain last week...

All that to say the storm is due to begin tonight and last through Thursday. It could be worse on the passes and so we left early to get over the passes before the storm does whatever it will do.

We realized we were driving into the storm - but if this is ALL the storm that hits Beale it will be light. There was fog, heavy rain...but totally doable....

We now find ourselves in Springfield. We met up with Krista, Mom and Dad and Will, Sherri and Andrew. We'll enjoy a few days here and head back home in time for another busy week next week.

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