Wind Storm Update

It's been days since the storm hit, but we're still literally cutting our way out. Even though the power is back on and stable on our road, I can still hear generators banging away in the distance and whole towns are still without power. Last night, I drove through Carnation and Duval and all they would have needed was a few shambling zombies to make for a good George Romero film.

The Woodinville-Duval Road is still a nightmare of downed power lines and trees, though this isn't the general picture. I had to drive up to Smoky Point, which is about forty miles north of here and aside from the odd branch and swayed sapling, things look fairly normal.

The biggest problem is frost, which we've had two nights of. That isn't so much of a problem out here, where everyone has a fireplace or wood stove, but in town I imagine quite a few condo dwellers have dark things to say about the 21st century.

Still, things are on the mend, so it looks as though I shan't need to reorganise Chez Szondy into a last bastion of civilisation against the darkening night.

Update: In a blast of pollution past, there's an inversion layer over the area and with so many fireplaces and stoves being pressed into service for heat, most of the mountain and the entire valley below us is covered with a pall of wood smoke.

Not sure if it's unhealthy, but I'm told it's quite fragrant.