As you probably already know from a myriad of sources,, and from just living here. We had some extremely strong winds yesterday. Along with those winds a large number of families lost their homes to fire. The last count I had heard was 22 homes destroyed. I won’t go into all the details because it is readily available elsewhere. My heart goes out to those who were harmed by the fires. The wind not only fanned the flames, but it also carried burning embers to start more fires. Trees were blown down, which also knocked down power lines that may have started more fires.
And now for my experience. I did not have any damage except for things blown around the yard making more work for clean up. When I went into the garage, I noticed that the double garage door was bowing outward and even had some small creases. The door is on the east side of the garage. The wind, coming out of the west southwest created enough negative pressure that I feared the closed door was about to collapse. I ultimately relieved the pressure on the door by opening the door. At first a short distance, and then completely. This resulted in a lot of dirt coming into the garage, but it saved the door.
