We had 90-100+ mph winds here for the last few days. After awhile it always seems to wear down the electrical network here in the mountains and yesterday was no exception.

First the power would go off and then come back on a second later – and it would do this every hour or so.

Then it would go off/on/off/on/off/on… and then stay on for an hour or two, then repeat.

We think “This just CAN’T be good for all the equipment”, (duh), and as time wore on we kept, not just turning things off, but unplugging things from the wall (which means things which have been nicely warmed up and sounding great for weeks now go back to being stone cold, … and sounding like it. But safety first, as they say).

Finally, the power went off and stayed off for 4 hours or so – right after sunset – with the temperature about 23 degrees and the howling wind outside – things cooled off fast. After awhile I just left (Neli was gone the whole time and did not even know the power had been out – though the temp in the house being 10 degrees below usual was a real big clue).

Never been so happy to see the car working, lighted, warm and playing music.

Sometime we’ll have to take SPL readings to determine just how loud 100 mph wind is in a pine tree forest. But outside I would guess 85-90 dB. Inside it is perhaps about 60-65 dB.. what one might call a high noise floor.