Redwood Asylum (emeritus)
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Monday, December 16, 2002
The Storm Continues
[Post backdated to 12/16/02]
Heavy rain started again at 1AM. I awoke at 6AM to discover we were without power, which had been off since 4AM. Ran generator until 9AM when I left for work. Maria then ran it for about 1.5 hours in the early afternoon to cool the refrigerators.
A landslide, on Highway 17 into Silicon Valley, closed one lane for a while this morning. This was immediately adjacent to a major repair done by the state a few years ago. They must have been perturbed to see where the slide was located.
Started the generator again at 6PM. Ed and Claudette, other "neighbor-sitters" from down the hill, could not get any response from our neighbor Doris. Claudette finally roused her by tapping on the bedroom window; turns out she had been sleeping. We were not taking any chances; you have to watch out for each other here in the forest.
Went into town and bought more gas for the generator. The fallen trees, which had blocked the road earlier, were cleared out. The boulder was still in the middle of one lane. Noticed a retaining wall near the road had collapsed on someone's property. Wall debris and mud covered one lane on the drive into town.
A brief period of heavy rain started at 9:45PM. Turned off the generator at 11:45 pm to get some sleep.
...by the inmates...for the inmates...
Monday, December 16, 2002The Storm Continues
[Post backdated to 12/16/02]
Heavy rain started again at 1AM. I awoke at 6AM to discover we were without power, which had been off since 4AM. Ran generator until 9AM when I left for work. Maria then ran it for about 1.5 hours in the early afternoon to cool the refrigerators.
A landslide, on Highway 17 into Silicon Valley, closed one lane for a while this morning. This was immediately adjacent to a major repair done by the state a few years ago. They must have been perturbed to see where the slide was located.
Started the generator again at 6PM. Ed and Claudette, other "neighbor-sitters" from down the hill, could not get any response from our neighbor Doris. Claudette finally roused her by tapping on the bedroom window; turns out she had been sleeping. We were not taking any chances; you have to watch out for each other here in the forest.
Went into town and bought more gas for the generator. The fallen trees, which had blocked the road earlier, were cleared out. The boulder was still in the middle of one lane. Noticed a retaining wall near the road had collapsed on someone's property. Wall debris and mud covered one lane on the drive into town.
A brief period of heavy rain started at 9:45PM. Turned off the generator at 11:45 pm to get some sleep.
11:50:14 PM