I am not totally sure if it is possible to have a Hurricane in the Pacific North West but whatever we had last night came pretty close and we saw it come speeding up the valley then slam into the house. A combination of very strong winds, wild rain and an electrical storm thrown in for good measure. My daughter tells me that Hurricane is from the Mid-16th century. Via Spanish Taino hurakán "god of the storm" - laptops and Google where would we be without them?

Luckily we only suffered minor damage to some of the older trees so no real harm done.



Just as well we didn't mow yesterday.....