Bad night here...wind/rain

[nootka]

I hate nights like this when I have to be outside (got a mare that's going to foal in the next week I'd say, her 336 day due date is Jan. 31 and she's always gone before that).

The wind is gusting to 89 mph and sustained around 60.

We've gotten over 2" of rain today and one of my stalls is half flooded, another is starting.

The ground is soupy mush and the horses have been in for 24 hours straight.

I got chickened out of running to the barn earlier when I stepped out and a huge gust of wind hit the house and took out the lights for a bit, just enough to turn off the yard light and it gets BLACK out here w/no lights so I went to get a flashlight and wait for it to turn on. I hate feeling like such a wimp! (Hubby is in Coos Bay fishing crab)

Plus when I AM out in the barn, the roof is being pounded with limbs from the trees being blown around.

The power keeps flickering and going dim and this is the first time I've been able to be online much in the past 8 hours or so. We're due for flooding w/the tide coming in again, but we're not in danger of that being on a hill.

I hope there is not more damage from more slides and floods, but I think it's inevitable.

We get storms like this fairly frequently, but I'd say this is about the worst one in four or five years when we had 115 mph+ winds in January.

Hard to sleep when you get these adrenaline rushes from hearing strange sounds and the power going out. I'm just SO GLAD Cherry Bomb is not seeming like she is going to foal anytime real soon since I am spoiled by having a video camera and being able to stay in here to watch her and if the power does go, guess where I'd be!?

Luckily I have a friend whose job's going to keep him up all night so I have someone to talk to on the phone, but it will be weird to talk on the non-portable phone.

Ack there go the battery backups again for the computers so I'd best probably get off of here and turn off all the electronics and cut my losses and head for bed.

Here is a link to our weather page, it has lots of information on it right now from all the flood and high wind warnings/reports:

Weather Underground page for Astoria, OR.

I'll be back in the a.m. as long as we have power for an update! Anyone else out there in this stay dry!

Liz M.

 

[Jill]

Liz, I hope you are dry and "powerful" this morning!!!

 

[ChrystalPaths]

Oh Liz! Sending prayers to keep you and yours safe.

 

[Sterling]

I know the feeling...altho we have'nt gotten sustained winds like you've gotten (unless we're going thru a hurricane), but the other night we got 60 mile an hour winds, lost our power off and on during the day for hours at a time and it was weirdly warm. I stayed up reading early that morning while it was still dark outside (and inside...no power) with a flashlight...could'nt sleep with the wind ripping around and the huge trees we have next to our house. Hubby was called into work as he works for the electric company and the power outtages were massive. I hate when that happens, sort of shakes the balance of your normal routine. Hope everything is ok for you today and that things have settled down.

 

[sedeh]

I'm with you Liz.....I am sick of this rain and wind. Though it sounds like you're getting battered up your way. Ours is only gusty. Hope your mare holds out for better weather. Though they say we're still in for it the next few days. Good luck and stay dry!

 

[Miniv]

I ditto your feelings Liz! Sick of this stuff.......and WE live in the high desert!!!!

The only compensation is that we woke up to 45 degree weather this morning.

Please check in when you can and give us an update on things (your mare AND the flooding.)

MA

 

[Shari]

Liz,

Ya,, am also tired of all this rain!!

We also had some impressive wind Gust here.

Think we will need to buy Cross country skis to get around on if this keeps up.

Just hope no more very,very large trees fall on our fence line. That has been keeping us busy.

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Also hope our Hills stays were is is supposted to be.

Good luck on your foaling!!

 

[JO~*]

Hi Liz

I think we got the tail end of that one, very windy last night. You gotta be as sick of rain as I am.

Hows the crab season going for you??

 

[Hosscrazy]

I saw on the news last night how much rain you guys are getting - unbelievable!!! We had those winds down here last week - they stayed at 60 mph and that was bad enough for me!!! Hope you stay dry - and get some relief soon!!!

Liz R.

 

[nootka]

Well, we survived the night but it was a noisy one.

There were miscellaneous thumps on the roof all night and the power did go out a couple of times but then it went out for good. Stayed up for a couple of hours stressing about things here and there but I finally got to sleep early in the morning.

Things are a mess around here, the roads are littered with branches and my pasture is flooded with rainwater it can't absorb.

Cherry is doing just fine, luckily she's not a hysterical mare and she's going to do this in her own time. She is close enough though that she could do this within 24 hours from her current condition, so I'm hoping the forecast rain and storms are not as bad as what we had last night.

I love that video camera too much! When it was out last night I couldn't relax. *LOL*

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Our hill is not an unstable one, thankfully, but there are many in this area that are, so I will see when we go to town later what was what. Not sure of the rain totals, but it was BAD.

Yuck I hope this stops soon!

Liz

Hi Liz

I think we got the tail end of that one, very windy last night. You gotta be as sick of rain as I am.

Hows the crab season going for you??

It's going pretty good, in between storms and stupid price strikes.

Martin is down in Coos Bay, I guess closer to you than here, but he said the storm last night was pretty bad there, too, just not as wet maybe.

I don't know, just know that it's too wet already!

Thanks for asking!

L

 

[Ashley]

Can we say chicken little? :bgrin

 

[susanne]

Hey Liz, I was wondering about you, but have been too sick the last couple of days to get online very much...

I really don't mind the rain (except for the muddy corral), but I hate the wind! We had a big fir tree fall on one of our fences last week, and the other night Keith was coming home via a back road, only to find the road blocked by a huge fallen tree...he had to go miles out of his way to get home.

 

[nootka]

Yucko susanne, I know that story. Everyone here is ok, just some of the trees and things are taking a beating. My yard is full of shingles from our roof so we know what house project we will most definitely tackle this year (it has been on the agenda, we just need to decide what kind!).

I'm sorry to hear you've been sick, hope you're on the mend and able to get around ok.

Our power was out for several hours overnight, it's sure DARK when that happens. Made me a little sad that the sky was so cloudy otherwise it would have been good stargazing. I mean...if someone's up that late shouldn't there be some perks?

*LOL*

Liz

 

[Miniv]

Just heard on the radio that Portland is getting HAMMERED and that there are lots of power outages and road closures. Anyone heard anything???

MA

 

[countryrose]

Looks like the latest satellite pictures say heavy rain in Portland right now.

Up north here in Tacoma, WA we had the heavy rains but luckily not the high winds. Lots of mudslides around both north and south of here. 5-7 inches of rain last nite 50 miles south.

Passes closed because of avalanches and snow coming in feet --not inches.

Have a break in the weather so just got stalls cleaned and fresh straw for everyone to snuggle in. As they tend to stand out in the rain guess it makes me feel better then them!

Hope the winds are over down south with you guys and that you have a healthy baby soon.

 

[susanne]

Maryann, I had to turn on the radio and call my mom to check on that -- there are all sorts of trees and limbs down in Clackamas County...PGE has dealt with many scattered power outages throughout the city, but the real excitement is supposed to come tonight...

Liz, I think I'm on the mend, but am trying to resist rushing things...when I stand up I get dizzy, so that keeps me from trying to do much.

Keith and I are thanking my sister for a great Christmas gift -- a huge rechargeable handheld spotlight. This thing throws an amazing amount of light and holds a charge for a long time.

(and I'm thanking Keith for being so good taking care of the horses while I'm sick...he's as picky as I am about their care, so I never have to worry)

I agree that stargazing opportunities should indeed line up with mare stare!

 

[LindaL]

Well, im in the Hillsboro/Beaverton area and other than a few heavy rain showers, it wasnt too bad yesturday...in fact last night we were cleaning out my storage unit and it wasnt even raining!! :aktion033:

This morning, its still not raining...yay!! :aktion033: (of course, I know its only a trick and it will be pouring later, right?? lol

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: ) For an Oregonian, I am SICK of this rain!! :no:

Good luck with your foaling Liz...hope the weather gets better out your way for Cherry's foaling!!

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Susanne...sorry you havent been feeling well...hope you are getting better now!!

 

[hobbyhorse23]

An hour north of Tacoma things aren't much better. I couldn't wear my new ankle-high muck boots to the barn on Sunday night because the mud and water in the HIGH PLACES was up over my ankle! :new_shocked: I grew up walking those pastures and know every run-off pattern but there's so much water this month that everything has been thrown off and there's mud pits where there's never been anything but solid ground. It's just...nasty.

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There was some impressive flooding of the creek by the highway I use to get to work, it had overrun a field full of old cars and was up to the bottom of their frames literally overnight. And yet this morning (given no rain for a few hours) it was muddy but visible again. The ground is amazingly absorbent considering that we had 27 straight days of heavy rain and this is the fourth wettest month in the history of the state of WA. :new_shocked: I'm personally waiting for the sinkholes to start showing up. I can't believe all that water just got absorbed....

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I am not kidding when I say I was actually startled by how blue sky looked two weeks ago, and a dry road seems strange and brings flashbacks of California and Arizona. Now that's sad! :lol: The horses are miserable and bored witless, Spyder's got bacterial infections going on his skin from the damp, I'm freaking about getting training underway and ever getting to try out my new show cart, and our property is drowning. ::sigh:: At least I'm healthy and don't have a mare foaling! My sympathy to my NW neighbors who are in worse positions. It's nice to know I'm not alone.

Leia