They Don’t Call It the Wet Coast for Nothing…

Last fall was very dry and cold, as was the winter. Then we had the most perfect summer, followed by a late start to fall. We were lulled into complacency. This month, the weather has hit back with a vengeance!

Over a three-day period we are expected to get as much rain as we might in an average month. The winds have been intense. Gutters are overflowing with all the branches and leaves and pine needles clogging them. Storm drains can’t handle the quantity of rain along with the high tides, and major road flooding occurs. The smaller bridges are flooded in some communities.

I refuse to complain. This is the wild, wet coast, after all, and this is typical weather for November. Our rain forest ecosystem has needed this badly. (Our reservoir system has been low for two years, and the rain so far this fall has already brought it up to normal levels.)

So this was our dark, wet, windy day yesterday.

“And the rain rain rain came down down down….”

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