It’s the middle of January, and there’s wind gusts in San Francisco at more than 50 miles-an-hour. What a time to be alive. Climate change is real and tangible, whether or not your politics agrees with it. To have such harrowing wildfire conditions in the dead of winter is highly unprecedented. I’m glad (as of this writing) there aren’t any fires that have sprouted out due to this dry and windy conditions. The rain that we did get in December likely helped.
I am glad I moved my car to the covered garage of my work before the winds came. The immense amount of tress and shrubs where I live (gorgeous things on a nice and sunny day) likely means plenty of debris getting blown onto the car. Given these circumstances, and the prevalence of windy conditions going forward, I’m not giving up the parking permit at work anytime soon. Not that I’m precious with the M2, but I do want to preserve the paint as best as I can.
I shudder to think what it would have been like if the BMW was still parked outside in the elements.
Trying to sleep continously through the wind gusts was impossible. The ghoulish howl, the crashing tree branches, and the loud protest from anything that isn’t securely fixed, meant awaking multiple times throughout the night. It’s like sleeping through a typhoon, except there is no rain. Recency bias aside, I don’t think there’s ever been this bad of a wind event that didn’t involve rain. I should have slept with earplugs on.
At least I don’t have to commute to work. Imagine all the debris and crap littering the streets right now, not to mention out of service traffic lights. Safelite should be expecting a quite a few busted windshields, and insurance is going to be paying off a few more accidents than normal. This reminds me some years ago when it was also a spectacularly windy day: an entire tree collapsed onto a parked car. Thank god it wasn’t a moving one! This is why I avoid parking under trees as much as possible.
It’s nearly 7 AM now. I hope the rest of today goes great for you all.
Get that money!