Saturday, January 5, 2008

Northern California Storm

Sienna and I woke up yesterday in the midst of a big storm. We had torrential rain and hurricane-like winds. The power was out and after hanging around the house for a little while, we decided to warm up in the car. We drove down to the Tanforan mall where there is an indoor playground. As we were leaving the neighborhood, we found this and had to redirect:
The tree was completely uprooted:
And it crushed the back end of this car:
We saw lots of trees and branches scattered all over the road and sidewalks as we drove. Sienna seemed to enjoy the mall. Most of the mall was closed and without power, but the play area was still open:

After ten hours without power, the electricity finally came back on! It has been kind of exciting around here because we are not used to this kind of weather, but I'm glad the worst of it is over.

3 comments:

Robin said...

I am so glad you have power now! What a relief! That is so crazy! That tree was huge!

Elizabeth said...

Crazy for your area, hooray for malls!! Glad it wasn't your car under that tree...Sienna is so cute, is she feeling better?

Jen said...

That was such a crazy storm. Glad you were able to spend time at the mall to make the time without electricity pass quicker.