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Yeah..worst storm here they say since the Columbus Day storm of 1962.
I could not believe how it sounded like a jet engine roaring above and about my house all night..and I have a HUGE redwood in my yard (yeah, actually redwood..not just a big fur or pine tree) that kept me nervous all night long. I got off so lucky compared to many people..just a lot of SMALL branches down.
But just 20 blocks away, this poor lady died last nite from DROWNING in her own basement. She went down to get her laundry apparently, and the rain was just POURING down (at the time they estimated it was raining at the rate of one inch per hour..wow!), and she lives at the bottom of this hill that gave way and this wall of water came pouring into her basement, shutting the door and trapping her in the water. She had no windows in the basement and people could hear her screaming, so neighbors tried to open the door, but couldn't because they were pushing AGAINST all the water, and the fire department when they arrived had to cut a hole into the side of the house. They sent divers in and were too late..said she had been under the water for at least 8 minutes by the time they got to her.
How sad and eerie to drown in your own basement..
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