We had a terrific storm yesterday, truly violent weather by local standards. What does that mean? Well, we had nearly 3 inches (75mm) of rain, strong gusty winds that peaked at over 20 mph (32 kph), and the temperature got down into the 30s F (near 0 C).
Our power was knocked out at 4 pm yesterday, and didn't come back on for 9 hours (1 am this morning). As I drove out of Lawson Valley and through Jamul, I saw that the power was out for long stretches until I got to Rancho San Diego. I passed a fleet of SDG&E (the local electric company) trucks along state 94. Going through the intersection of state 94 and Steele Canyon Road was kind of eerie – all the bright lights there at the 7-11, Cafe Bravo, etc. were out, and the traffic signal was completely out.
Then when I pulled into the parking lot at work (in Solana Beach), when I opened my door the wind ripped the door out of my hands and slammed it open. I thought it had broken, but so far as I can tell it's ok.
Driving in, I heard on the radio that yesterday there were 476 accidents recorded, presumably mostly related to the rain and wind. I also heard that over 100,000 people were without power at some point during the storm, and at that hour (around 2 am) there were still 10,000 people without power (and I was driving through one such area as I heard that report).
That's violent weather to us!
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