The weather was predicted to be cool and wet for most of the weekend. To our great surprise, Saturday morning dawned warm and sunny. It was a great chance for me to finish off a project from the day before. I had finally gotten around to weeding my front flower bed but had yet to spread the mulch. So this unexpected nice weather was the ideal time to do that.
When I was finished, I noticed that a few clouds were starting to move in, so I thought if I was going to have any chance to get the Miata out for a little spin this weekend, this would have to be it. So off I headed to Guelph as I had something to drop off at Patti's. It could have waited but what the heck - I needed some place to go. When I arrived, she was busy painting trim for her downstairs bathroom which was being re-tiled. She was just about to take Tristen over to the mall to pick up his suit for next Friday night's prom. I suggested that I could take him. Of course, he was all for that idea. So off we went.
When we arrived at the mall, I thought it prudent to put the top up on the car as by now it was really overcast. We left the car and walked into the mall and within a couple of minutes the storm hit. We weren't aware of just how severe it was until later. We picked up his suit and then went to the food court to get some lunch. By the time we finished eating it was pretty much over. Friends of Tristen's had texted that power was out in that end of town due to a downed tree. Turns out all the traffic lights were out as we made our way back to Summerfield Drive. I dropped him off and then headed back to Kitchener.
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| Talk about a road block (in Guelph) |
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| Downtown Guelph Patios |
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| One way to bring a ballgame to a grinding halt |
When I got to town I was shocked to see so many very large branches down, and the closer I got to home, the worse it got. One of the streets I take to get home had a tree down almost all the way across it. Several of the side streets were almost impassable due to the number of branches on the ground. Yet by now the sun was out and the skies were clear.
When I got home one of my neighbours called over to me to invite me to join her and y other neighbour, for a little excursion to Elora. I had been there last weekend with Patti, so my first response was, thanks but no. I had just gotten home. But then I had nothing else going on, so I changed my mind and went with them. We didn't get away until almost 3:00 and we got back shortly after 8:00. We had a lovely afternoon just wandering in and out of the little shops and finishing up with a bite to eat at a local pub.
When we were on our way to Elora earlier, we came across a section of road where the power poles were sitting at about a 45 degree angle. Not a very safe spot to be in. Fortunately when we were on our way home, the road was blocked off as repair trucks were there looking after the damage. I was saddened this afternoon to hear of at least 7 people dying from the storm - one lady was hit by a tree while she was walking and another was in a trailer at a camp ground that was also struck by a tree. No firm details on the others at this time.
Just goes to show how things can change in an instant.
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