Saturday, August 19, 2023

First Tropical Storm?

The National Weather Service says California has its first ever Tropical Storm Warning thanks to Hurricane Hilary. 



 

An omen? I hope not.  5:53 pm several loud claps of thunder followed by a moderate downpour of large drops of rain.  6:01 pm, the power goes out and then the rain stopped.  Only 50 minutes later, the power came back on.  Maybe that’s all that will happen, but if the weak first band took power out…ugh.  



Violet Alpha Sillers Rodgers, 130th Birthday

My maternal grandmother, Violet Alpha Sillers (I called her Nana) was born 130 years ago today, February 23, 1895, in River John, Nova Scoti...