So far this November in Western Washington we have had four “atmospheric rivers” (Editorial: To this 73 year native of the area, a typical rainy November) followed by a “bomb cyclone” on Nov. 19 (Another Editorial: "Bomb cyclone is the new more colorful and more frightening phrase now used to describe a storm that rapidly intensifies, which I believe to be a more accurate description). As a result of that storm I was without power for 90 hours and without internet for 140 hours. I also lost four big Western Hemlock trees, one of which took out the power lines on our road (although 3 of my neighbors were able to replenish their firewood supply from those). There were 170,000 households withourt power at the storm’s peak, and there are still a few that are not yet restored. At least all the fun happened before Thanksgiving.
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So far this November in Western Washington we have had four “atmospheric rivers” (Editorial: To this 73 year native of the area, a typical rainy November) followed by a “bomb cyclone” on Nov. 19 (Another Editorial: "Bomb cyclone is the new more colorful and more frightening phrase now used to describe a storm that rapidly intensifies, which I believe to be a more accurate description). As a result of that storm I was without power for 90 hours and without internet for 140 hours. I also lost four big Western Hemlock trees, one of which took out the power lines on our road (although 3 of my neighbors were able to replenish their firewood supply from those). There were 170,000 households withourt power at the storm’s peak, and there are still a few that are not yet restored. At least all the fun happened before Thanksgiving.