A HUGE windstorm blew through the Idaho Panhandle and eastern Washington today due to the big cold front blowing down from Canada into Montana and Wyoming. Our power went out at 8:30 am. Avista's outage map shows scores (maybe well over 100) of power outages all over the inland empire. Two huge pine trees on our neighbor's property snapped off, one about 10 feet above the ground and another about 2/3 of the way up, coming quite close to our house.
The Avista crews are top-notch and got our power back on after just ten hours of outage. They had to restore transmission and distribution damage first, then restore hospitals and other public safety installations before getting to the residential outages. They did amazing work getting us back on.
It infuriates me that Avista as bought into the global warming and renewables bull crap. I wonder how long it will be before our system is as bad as the California system.
Unfortunately, our Pro Shop took a beating today...
Nice pad!
Will you give it to me in the name of "social justice"...or sumpthin'.
Otherwise, I'll just take it.
"Comrade, what's that glowing green dot between your eyes?
BANG!
"Wait...What?
Oh,...s**t!