Yesterday there was a windstorm, of the kind that’s going to happen earlier and later in the year but normally happens in November. It was violent and destructive and while we did not lose power nearly everybody else did, it seems. Winds gusted to 117 kph, which is over 70 mph, and there are videos all over the internet of the carnage, including the first ten minutes of local CTV news which shows some very tall trees coming down. Trees down everywhere, traffic lights, restaurants closing for lack of power, Katie still doesn’t have power this morning. Welcome to the future.
Keith came over briefly after walking in the storm. We watched a West Wing.
And containment on the bears at the Zoo was breached. I wrote a bit yesterday about critters and aliens at the Greater Vancouver Zoo and learn this morning that the bears got out because of a windstorm, not because an alien with mental health issues let them out. I’m relieved I wasn’t at the Zoo when the bears got out.
BAD NEWS about climate.
350 words yesterday, but it was mostly infill, and teasing apart two chapters that got jammed together, and fixing pronouns for my gender non-conformist Slider, who is turning into a lot of fun to write.
RIP Oliver Sachs, may you live forever in the healing you brought, the lives you touched and the words you left us.
I have a job interview Monday. It’s an admin position at an established restaurant supply company. I’ll report back after I go.