Big Storm

Monday night, we had a very intense storm with high wind, 4.5 inches of rain, and an almost 10 hour power outage.  The winds on the coast were gusting to 79 m.p.h. on the Yaquina Bridge and 90 m.p.h. at Cape Foulweather.  They were less strong here, but howled eerily. Our river jumped several feet in depth and we had numerous red alder trees snapped or uprooted by the wind. So far we've had 26.6 inches of rain since I got my rain gauge on October 6, with 10.9 inches of that falling this month.

 Water rose to heights "the likes of which we've never seen".

 The large big leaf maple trunk and limbs that fell into the river last March are now gone - moved about 100 feet down the river.

 That broken off alder in the middle of the picture happens to project over one of our main trails. I think we'll need a professional to get that one down.

 Our lower woodshed took a beating. The tree leaning on the right side of it broke off a rafter and tore the metal roofing.

The waterfall didn't have as far to fall!