M.J.L. already mentioned last night’s storm. We lost parts of two hackberrys in the backyard (luckily they both fell toward the center of the yard) and the cottonwood between us and the neighbor littered branches big and small across the front yard. The neighbor across the street had a tree completely uprooted. The power went out briefly and we thought we saw sparks from a branch touching the power lines in the back at one point. Looks like I’ll be firing up the chainsaw tomorrow and calling the Tree Tender to get on what I’m sure is already a long waiting list.
We spent the roughest hour of the storm with Jim Spencer, the greatest weatherman on the planet. Seriously, whenever I want to get the scoop on the weather, he’s The Man. Spencer started at KXAN the year after I moved to Austin and, in my mind, it wouldn’t be Austin without him.
Update: Word is that AISD closed Barton Hills, Lee and McCallum today because of power outages. I also forgot to mention that my commute was 20 minutes longer this morning because of flashing red lights, the worst being the one just north of Callahan’s General Store on Northbound 183.
