Well, as most of you Californians know, we were waiting for the strongest of storms in our area in two years- for about a week, we've been preparing.
It started with some slow winds and rain on Thursday, going on to Friday morning. It calmed down for a while. Then all of a sudden- with NO warning whatsoever, the storm BITCH-SLAPPED us!

In our area, we had a little over 1 inch of rain, and 45 mph gusts. The wind was howling and whistling, blowing things against our house and into our yard...
To make matters worse, we have a big 'ole eucalyptus tree in our yard. That thing... Was blowing around like a friggin wet noodle! O.O The tree is... Much smaller and much thinner than it was two days ago. xD All of the branches landed on the crappy-ass neighbors house! (HAHA

) So that lifted our spirits a little- when we weren't busy huddling together in fear.

Some of you might think that the storm that we had is wimpy compared to what you get in your region, but... Here in our area? The most we get on average is a little bit of rain here and there, and some 15 mph winds at the most.
This scared the HELL out of us.
So yesterday when the storm hit, our power went out at around 10 AM. It was out alllll day long and through the night. The power JUST came back around 15 minutes ago, and it's 5:20 PM.
So we've been without power for around... 30 hours. O.o
Surprised that some of us survived- being without video games and all. xD
But it's been VERY hard and stressful. For we have 16 animals that rely on heating pads to keep them up and alive. And with no power, our poor little geckos and single snake were as cold as ice cubes. So my kind, devoted mom stayed awake for most of the hours of the night, picking up each gecko and holding them for an amount of time to warm them up.
I picked up my snake, Aaron a few times- he was very cold and lethargic. (he crapped all over me today too... >_> )
My bro-and-law, sister and I played Monopoly and Life a few times- kept us occupied. And I had charged my DS to a full battery the day before the storm, so that gave me something to do.
We had a little bit of electricity, for my dad had recently bought a generator. (it runs on gas) So we were able to channel electricity from the generator to the refrigerator, the small tv, and a lamp- all in the kitchen. Today, we hooked all of the gecko heaters to the generator in a panic- though it was a bit of a dangerous risk. Not sure how- my dad didn't explain much- he didn't want to freak me out lol.
So the storm still kinda lingers.. We're in the clear now, but there are a few dark clouds scattered here and there. We had one clap of thunder this morning, then one last one about two hours ago.
All in all.. That was the scariest fackin storm I've ever been through.

I've never seen anything like it. Oh, and the people on the news say that one place got 10.4 inches or so of rain, while another place got gusts of wind up to 87 mph. O.o
.......I think I like it here.

Well, off to play Final Fantasy. I've been having FFXI withdrawals all this time.

Ya think I would've been working on my wolf this whole time with the power outage and all... But no. My environment has to be perfect in order to draw. I need peace to make art, ya know?!
Ahhh... Light.. TV... Video Games... Internet... I love it!!!
So I'll be finishing on that wolf soon- hopefully. >_>
Thanks dudes and chickahs!
