It's the BIG One!

Mom is forever calling us to warn us of impending thunderstorms. She calls it Mom's Weather Service. Lately, Mom's Weather Service has been a little slack. She totally slept through the earthquake (although she wrote a blog post for me after the fact), called me a couple times with false warnings, and either called too late or not at all for some other storms. Needless to say, we've been a little disappointed with the service we've received. Anyway, Mom's Weather Service came through for us this past weekend. We were all hanging out at the pool, when she announced that the BIG one was coming. We quickly packed away all the pool toys and cushions. We took down the EZ-Up, and everyone headed home. Within minutes, it was raining, and the wind was unbelievable. We ended up losing two shutters, and an enormous tree branch fell in the back yard! The worst part was losing electricity for more than 24 hours! We have a generator, but it is not big enough to run the air conditioning. Thankfully, Mom's Weather Service also offered us temporary shelter during our day without AC. After her warning of the big one, we are happy to renew our subscription to her alerts!