We're about as battened down as our humble abode is going to get sans going on the hunt for a bunch of plywood to cover windows--which there is no time to do. The wind will be NW so at least we shouldn't have to worry about anything hitting the patio door in the rear of the house and we'll keep our distance from the front windows.
I could be wrong, but I think being up on a hill and also surrounded by trees the worst of it will sail up and over us, but it could also make for some funky swirly air flow if, say, the empty space of my backyard is low pressure compared with the wind going over the trees, in which case it would suck the wind down into the yard and while I know what that looks like with a snow storm, I think the wind direction will be quite different and it's really anyone's guess how we'll make out. Worst case scenario: the roof blows off and we have to go through insurance for help.
Now that I think about it though, it might be prudent to pack a bug-out bag just on the unlikely chance shit really hits the fan. I've never come close to being in any real trouble from severe weather except when driving and that was totally my bad in those cases. It's tempting to assume this will be more of the same blah blah no big deal other than the power out situation. But 150 kph winds can do serious damage.
But my momma didn't raise no dummy who forgets history. Check this out,
Devastating 1974 storm damaged 1,500 homes and left 33 Cape Breton families homeless
SYDNEY — It was 40 years ago when an unexpected windstorm reached almost hurricane proportions and battered Cape Breton to near historic proportions.
The storm, still talked about to this day, raged across the island for hours on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20, 1974, damaging 1,500 homes in Sydney alone and leaving 33 families homeless.
A report on the "violent storm" from a Carlton University crisis research team stated it was unquestionably a freak occurrence because the system was expected to pass along the coast rather than hit the island.
In Sydney, as roofs were blown off houses, a state of emergency was declared and the Emergency Measures Organization pressed into service.
And that was "almost reached hurricane proportions". Now, this isn't Cape Breton, or the 1980's, but it's something to aware of.
