So...just when Nicole thought she could get on with her normal life after the never-ending vacation...mother nature decided to throw a curve ball.
Thursday morning around 3am the worst wind storm in two decades swept through Davis and Weber counties. Gusts of 102 mph were recorded. More than $30 million in damage was done. I was committed to travel to Boise for the annual Christmas party and to meet with an important customer.
I left around 630 am and the freeway was a mess. There were more than ten semi trucks tipped over. Debris was flying everywhere, and every once in a while, I could see the flash of a power transformer toppling over and flaming out. It was nuts. By noon, the power was out at our house and stayed out for 36 hours. School was cancelled on Friday (a power line fell on the fence near the playground) so the kids were home bouncing around the house driving Nicole nuts. And...there wasn't any power to cook anything so she used my backpack stove to cook soup. At night, they all huddled around the fireplace and spent the night in the living room, where it was warm from the fire.
Oh, the irony! She would have been better off stuck in Hawaii!! By the time I got back, everything was back to normal. Not sure what all the fuss was about. :-)
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