There are two expected this week. The first one will be severe with high winds and flooding potential. According to weather models, another one is building for the weekend in 5-6 days.
I go out 2-3 times a year and on hands and knees, clean out the nearest storm drain, which is a long narrow grated inlet. They are designed to allow exit for eg ground water from heavy rain. The grids can be prised up and I remove paver sand and any accumulated bits of rubbish. An easy job but if neglected there are consequences. I don`t care that there are younger people able to do this, in my experience, people don`t take individual resposibility for a communal system and no-one else has ever done this clean
I have also been into the garden this morning and properly battened down, lightweight small metal tables an chairs are in the garage, run away items are stowed safely and heavy concrete slabe placed under wooden bench covers, I saw the wind lifting these benches during the last big storm
People still spoke about the roofs being lifted during `that` hurricane. I did not live in the village then and have moved since but if the forecast is eg 50 mph winds then that is average, they could be 80 mph gusts or relatively gentle 20 mph. Anyway I am ready
Trees still laden with leaves, soggy ground, trees could easily fall. During summer I lopped my young, tall and bushy top heavy crab-apple tree.
