During the last two months we have been hit by some insane weather. Freezing temperatures (low of 18 in late Oct), record rainfall (15in. in November), 8in. of snow after Thanksgiving (60 bus accidents on that day), and a wind and rain storm that reached over 100mph gusts in some areas last week. We were without power at our apartment from last Thursday evening until Sunday morning (12/17/06). We still do not have cable or Internet access and there are still over 100,000 people in Washington without power and trees are down everywhere. There was a madrona in the back yard of our new house that came down and BARELY missed the house. The good news? We now have a better view of Lake Sammamish from our new house! :) Several trees went down that are in our line of sight to the lake. WooHoo!
Speaking of the house, I am way far behind on getting pictures posted. I will hopefully be able to do that over Christmas break. Exterior painting is mostly done. Plumbing is mostly done, HVAC is kind of done however they need to fix some things and we have our own HVAC guy (Aarden Air) comming out to add return air ducting and will be adding A/C sometime after we are in the house (before the heat of summer :) ). Rough Electrical is done and gas piping is going in today. One of our French doors was ripped off its hinges in the storm, so that will have to be replaced. All in all, things are going well. Current estimate for getting into the house is mid February.
More to come
Oh, btw...did I mention I love the weather up here in Seattle? :) And that's not sarcasm either!!
1 comment:
I was wondering how you were faring with all the "weather"news coming through. Battle Mountain is in the high desert, so we haven't had much of anything except cold - 0-30. Glad your new home made it through with minimal damage. Congratulations on the revised view of the lake!
Aunt Patsy
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