All ya’ll may or may not know – what with all the SHIT that happening the world right now – that our little city – tucked up in Eastern Ontario Canada – Ottawa to be exact – had a – whew – crazy ass storm this past weekend!!
Yes it affected other parts of the province but I am focussing on our little slice of the world today- selfish as that may sound.
It was called a “derecho storm” – see below – thank you google machine – credit to whatever does not say…
Is a derecho worse than a tornado?
The Short Answer: Derechos are fast-moving bands of thunderstorms with destructive winds. The winds can be as strong as those found in hurricanes or even tornadoes! Unlike hurricanes and tornadoes, these winds follow straight lines.
Anyway – this bitch took out a major chunk of our city – last Saturday – as of today – still many without power and basic services.
Here – at Orange Acres – it was like the storm walked in – flicked a bug (in our case we lost one tree) and went on it’s merry way – we lost power for a couple hours – nothing widespread.
NOW – the City- not 45 minutes north of us – well that was a whole new kettle of fish.
I will freely admit – watching the socials about how destructive this was – I was like ya ya calm your tits people – it was a little thunderstorm.
BUT when I drove into the city on Monday to pick up my daughter at the airport – I was like HOLY SHIT!!! – what a mess – century old trees toppled like match sticks – just like a bomb went off and I felt so very ashamed to think that it was blown out of proportion.
Fast forward to today- still parts of the city out but crews are working non stop.
This event brought a lot of neighborhoods together too – my daughter and son in law -their home no power but across the road – power so extension cords were run here and there and everywhere to mostly run refrigeration and I am so so happy that they have that neighborhood community.
But not everyone was so lucky – some lost their homes to trees falling on them – it’s WILD!!!
Only positive – the weather has been cool – AND (ok a small joke) people have learned how “4 way stops” actually work.
BUT all kidding aside – I am grateful for the community for pulling together and a HUGE HUGE shout out to hydro workers and first responders.
Let’s hope we don’t see this again shall we???
Happy thoughts!
Orange Acres 