Like The Rain

So I may be leaving work early today as I got a frantic call this morning at 7:30 from my wife to let me know that our fence was falling down into our house. I could hear my neighbor outside hammering to try to save the fence, and I'm not sure what my wife wanted me to do as I was about 20 miles away at the time. I'm actually still about 20 miles away.

What may make this story more interesting (as if it's not interesting enough for the faithful few) is that this is happening during what's being called the biggest storm in the past 3 years for us out here. There are winds hitting upwards of 60-75 mph. 'Hurricane Force Winds' they're telling us. Like we've been through a hurricane. In California. In the Bay Area. There is a blizzard warning for the Sierra's and there should be snow on Mt. Diablo come Saturday. Not that we'll be able to leave the house during this storm.

I had to get fuel for the family van this morning as I neglected to get enough yesterday to get me to work and back. The wind was howling and the rain was coming in sideways. I felt like I may have been carried off to Oz. The Valero gas station has TV's there, which apparently are the new thing for people putting gas in the car, since we're paying $3.50 a gallon, we get basic cable also. They were showing a local ABC station's weather forcast. It said that today it would be about 86 degrees and that a cold front would be moving in this weekend that would bring our temperatures down to a nice 75. This forcast was for Wednesday, in which I can only assume was back sometime in the summer. Or this particular gas station has access to future weather reports and I was watching something for sometime next June. Which is possible, however, not probable.

I think that they just taped a news weather report last summer and had it labeled, 'HOT' on the tape. Then they grabbed that one instead of the one labeled 'WINDY/COLD/RAIN/CRAPPY' and put it in the VCR to play for us unassuming gas getters. Pathetic says I.

I don't know if it matters as I can always see the weather when I get out in it anyway, and from the look and sound of it outside, I may be in it later to fix that fence on the side of my house. Fun times ahead!