Looks like we (in Hillsboro) missed the major stormy weather. It was pretty windy yesterday when I went to work, with Gusts here about 50 mph. I thought that was pretty big, but they had gusts up to 100 mph at Timberline lodge and 160 on the coast. Its the first time every a Hurricane warning was issued for the Oregon coast. Yikes! The real problem now is flooding. With so much rain in such a short time, the tiny streams around here are flooding. The local city of Vernonia is surrounded by water today, with the national guard getting people out by rafts. The park that the three of us went hiking at last week is also unaccessible. Oregon also lost the worlds larget Sitka Spruce, a 400+ year old tree that blew down. Its on HWY 26 on the way to the coast, right outside of Cannon beach. We've never gotten a chance to see it... Lynn is usually too tired after a day at the beach to see a big tree. :-(

Anyways, rain rain rain. Its been raining non-stop for the past three day. No time to put up lights... but maybe this weekend.