Storm 2005

I don't recall when the rain began falling it started with one single drop then another and another. The two found other raindrops and invited them to join in the fun. Soon the small party of raindrops had a full pledged block party going on all over the whole Northwestern part of the Pacific. It wasn't enough for them, these raindrops wanted to party all night long and into the next day. A week later their little party had managed to do serious damage to a widespread area. They invited the wind to the party, Wind blew and Howled and every once in awhile Wind would let go with a frightening Gust. Rain and Wind had a fantastic time. Just for fun Rain soaked deep into the ground, the trees liked the rain it felt good to the dry thristy roots,"More", the trees squeeled in delight. Rain obliged the trees and gave them more just like they requested more and more , rain circled the big old trees playing a silly game around and around until the only place left to go was under the tree. The trees were tickled and and laughed and rocked from all of the excitment. Wind not wanting to be outdone, took a deep breath and let go. The force of the gust caught the trees off balanced and being old they couldn't catch their balance as qickly as the younger ones. They began to topple , break and fall to the ground. Some trees fell on cars, some missed the cars and fell acrossed the roadway. Rain was too busy getting carried away to notice the damage their partying was causing everywhere they went. Word got out that Rain and Wind were having a party, High Tide, was in town and came on over. The only way to the party was over the embankment, up the river and the canals thru the creeks and onto the streets. High Tide had arrived, Wind and Rain welcomed the newcomer to the party. The party had spilled out onto the highway reducing four lanes to two if not single lanes. I would love to say the end however that is not the case. We are bracing for another round of this "Wild Wicked Weather". If you don't have to be out in severe weather then please don't go out. The people that know what they're doing can work alot easier if they don't have to worry about other factors. There are down powerlines, high water and it's very swift and dangerous. If you go to Looking Out...Looking In Wendy C. has some excellent pictures that are very descriptive of this storm.