Big Storm in Seattle

Last night the weather was terrible. The weathermen were predicting terrible winds upwards of 60-95mph with driving rains and flooding. Well, they were right and devastation is widespread.

More than 1 million people are without power. Four people lost their lives to falling trees and flooding. We were amongst the lucky ones and we did not suffer a power outage.

However, the region was under seige and all schools were closed, daycares, no buses, the floating bridges were closed, mudslides and flooding abounded all over Puget Sound. The two major newspapers could not get the paper out and the emergency crews were out removing downed trees. It was quite a sight around here.

My business partner called me to tell me not to go to the studio today because there was no power. It was nice to have the day off so I started cleaning the house.

I scrubbed, vacuumed, dusted, polished and organized things. The main floor of the house looks really great, but now I'm exhausted. I took a two-hour nap with Finnegan earlier today.

Now that dinner is over and I'm sitting down, I keep looking at the walls thinking that they need a paint job and that I should get started on it, but it will have to wait for another day or year.

Tonight the weather is supposed to turn very frosty as a cold front moves in and makes things a bit more difficult. Like they say, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute."

In the Northwest the weather changes very quickly.