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Thanks for the concern aart, the storm was a tropical storm not a hurricane. Sustained winds only 55-65 mph, gusting to 70 occasionally.It's been 2 days since the storm announcement....hope everything's ok with @SuperK
Probably at least power and internet access outages.
I used to live in the High Desert; Antelope Valley in California where this kind of wind wouldn't have even close the schools; but the rain? That is a whole different matter in Lancaster.
Our place did get a lot of rain however, about 10 inches over two days but the volcanic soil is so porous it drained away almost as fast as it fell. There was a bit of flooding in some of the lower lying areas, but nothing more than a foot. I was interested in how the coop would fare, sine it isn't actually anchored to the earth, just reinforced piers on top of it. I got some water incursion into the nest boxes, only one was really dry, wind driven water came through the ventilation windows and drained down the inside of the north gable end into the nests. Other than that, it was a great test of a new coop.