Just in time for the holidays. The local media is saying this is the biggest snowstorm blizzard since 1986 and they have been referring to it as a bomb cyclone blizzard. There have been many power outages all over the country and the biggest ones have been in Texas. I'm worried about losing power a little closer to home. There have been some outages this afternoon and evening in our Parkside neighborhood and throughout the Elmwood Village neighborhood that lasted about three hours.
I'm more concerned with the high winds and the trees in our backyard knocking down a power line. One large branch came down this afternoon next to our house and could have very easily have hit our power line but so far so good. I have put flashlights around the house and we have some candles available but hopefully we won't need them. The high point of the wind is supposed to be happening early tonight.
It's snowing very hard and the wind is blowing much more than usual. It's hard to know how this will all play out over this holiday weekend. Lots of people have lots of plans for the holiday including us and the family. We're having people over for Christmas Eve dinner tomorrow evening and Katie and Todd plan to go to a Christmas Day dinner at his Aunt and Uncle's house in Elmwood Village but right now there is a driving ban. We'll see but it's a little scary out.
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