The Perfect Storm

Holly came in our room this morning at 6:45..."The power just went out" It was only then that realized how hard the wind was blowing. "Go back to bed!!!"....By 8 we knew schools and ferries were cancelled and still no power....

The wind was shaking the house, like never before, standing on the second floor felt like a rocking boat.

No power meant no heat or hot water....my only saving grace....there was supposed to be a showing this morning so the house was spotless and all the laundry, dishes were done....and Madison had made banana muffins last night so we had something for breakfast....
Down side, all the books, board games we own are in boxes....

So after a rousing hour long game of "lock Bailey out of the house" the rug rats had run out of entertainment options... So, We decided to take every one storm watching (we didn't know the RCMP had advised everyone to stay home :))....


This is what Goose Spit normally looks like.....

This is goose spit today......

Hear the Titanic theme music...

waves and wind pushing logs across the road

The storm was unreal....sea foam flying looked like snow flakes in the air...waves were crashing across the road....and the wind made it nearly impossible to open car doors or stand up...It was AMAZING!

Power finally came back on just before 6 pm(almost 11 hours out)....some damage to the soffit on our house and fence panells blown down...but we faired pretty well.