Well, happy days are here again. 2 yrs since the big fire and our 8 day evacuation. To celebrate, Mother Nature is again gifting northern CA mountain regions major high winds and extremely dry conditions starting Wed morning. To prevent downed power lines from igniting another massive fire, the power company is planning to stop electric service to about 600,000 customers, starting 5am Wed through Thurs afternoon. 36 hrs doesn't seem too bad, right? Sadly, we are being warned to prepare for 7 days without power! All lines have to be checked and repaired before power can be restored. Hopefully the winds won't be too severe and not cause damage. Hopefully the weather system will break up and the winds won't come and we keep out power on. But I have to prepare... how I will be spending today. Watering everything, filling tubs and containers, and figuring out how to save our freezer full of food. Luckily my sis is not affected so I can shove some stuff in her fridge.
So, if you don't hear from me in the next week, you'll know why. Back to pioneer days for us! Time to get everything all ready. Luckily I did all the laundry yesterday, so even though we can't shower, we will have clean clothes!