January 8 is official “Show and Tell Day – At Work”
I’ll play along.
Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the digital camera to work today (I intended to) so I can’t actually show you what happened to the car in question, but I can certainly tell.
Sacramento (and much of Northern California) recently had a storm. A big storm. The kind of storm they call “The Storm of the Century.” We had rain, 40-degree temperatures and winds gusting at 80 mph. (Note: for those of you living in Florida or Northeastern Canada, quit laughing. By California standards, this was a big one.)
Many people (including the Random Maniyak and his family) found themselves without power over the weekend, and though my lights stayed on, I did spend about an hour Friday afternoon filling the wood boxes and scooping half the neighborhood foliage out of my swimming pool.
But that wasn’t the biggest thing I saw the storm do.
The Maniyak and I worked at our law offices Friday morning, despite the storm. About mid-day, we noticed the winds had picked up significantly, and the two fifty-foot pine trees outside the windows seemed determined to make their way in out of the storm. (Always knew pines were smart.)
At some point, the Maniyak went downstairs to check out the storm (and, probably, to make sure no tree branches had come down on his car). He returned with somewhat disturbing news: the winds had blown a 45′ pine tree down in the parking lot, and it had fallen on top of someone’s car.
Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.
Now, I don’t mean the rain softened the roots and soil, allowing the tree to topple. I mean blew down. As in, snapped a 3′ diameter trunk like a matchstick, and look out below. By California standards, that’s impressive. (As an aside: I do feel very sorry for the owner of the demolished car. ‘Crushed by random tree’ scores pretty high on the Yak’s Big List of Events You’d Rather Happened To Someone Else. And no…it wasn’t a Ficus.).
At that point, The Maniyak and I held a quick office meeting and decided to get outta Dodge while the getting was good. When the wind is whipping around hard enough to blow over 4-story trees, it’s time to take your chances at home.
The storm seemed to to clear up over the weekend, but this morning dawned rainy, cold and blustery (though fortunately, not quite on Friday’s scale) so it appears we’re not through the woods yet.
I just hope the woods are through with us.
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