Tornado Havoc in Toronto
Holy fuck, we had a mini tornado here tonight.
This is just a quick shot off my balcony when the rain subsided a bit. See the branches that were coming off the trees?
That was across the street from me. That’s nothing. One of the branches off another tree came whipping all the way over to my place and right around my car. I don’t even know if it landed on my car, I haven’t checked it yet for damages.
This all happened around 4:30-ish to 5:00. At 5:00 was when my power went out… for FOUR hours. And my daughter had her friend staying over this weekend. They arrived and we had nothing to do, couldn’t even cook dinner. What an exciting evening.
So we went to the wing place up the street, who, strangely enough, had power. We bought some bags of ice and brought the cooler up from the garage to keep things frozen if the need arose (we remembered that big power out a few years ago where we had to barbecue up all the food in the freezer so that we’d have something to eat that we could refreeze once the power came back on).
Luckily for us I’d bought that two-pack of flashlight/radio/siren/flasher wind-up thingies at Costco a few months ago. That gave us some light and something to listen to while we sat around on the balcony waiting for power. At least it was only until 9:00.
Now I’m listening to music and revelling in my electricity. I think I’m gonna build that hydro bill way up there while revelling.
It seems to be over. There’s a beautiful coolish breeze coming into the apartment. I hope this is not one of those big windy breezes that comes before another storm and that it’s just a good cool breeze, cuz it’s saving us from using the air conditioners.
C’est la vie. Life in Toronto.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
Wow, really scary. I’ve lived in a place that had them every year, and that was nasty.
Hope all is ok for you.