Typhoon Songda storms heading our way

[HappyChristian]

The northwest coast is being hit by storms from Typhoon Songda.  We've had rain and some wind the last couple of days, while other places in WA have had power outages, etc. The bad stuff is supposed to hit tomorrow (Saturday) about noon and continue til early Sunday morning. High winds, with possible hurricane strength winds. 

There are currently over 50,000 without power. We will likely lose ours tomorrow (we lose it several times from Oct-Feb due to the normal winds during that time of year).

Tornadoes hit northern Oregon. 

There's a possibility of some really, really major damage.

Edited to add: we just got word that the Hood Canal Bridge is closed until winds are gone. We have to cross that bridge to go to church...

[WellWithMySoul]

We have lots of family up in Washington including our two youngest sons and their families.  We'll definitely be keeping an eye on the weather up there and praying for you, LuAnne...as well as for all of our loved ones.  Our family members are on the other side of the Sound and farther south (Lacey, Dupont, Enumclaw, also Oak Harbor, and a couple of other little cities).  We also have two sets of friends in Shelton.  We just keep trusting our Lord, huh?

[Rosie]

will pray

[HappyChristian]

1 hour ago, WellWithMySoul said:

We have lots of family up in Washington including our two youngest sons and their families.  We'll definitely be keeping an eye on the weather up there and praying for you, LuAnne...as well as for all of our loved ones.  Our family members are on the other side of the Sound and farther south (Lacey, Dupont, Enumclaw, also Oak Harbor, and a couple of other little cities).  We also have two sets of friends in Shelton.  We just keep trusting our Lord, huh?

Thanks, Well. We appreciate it. And I know all Washingtonians do (even if they wouldn't admit it). Yes, we will trust the Lord. Thankfully we can do so implicitly!

 

Rosie - thanks for the prayers. 

[HappyChristian]

Many thanks to those who prayed. We came through the storm warning quite well. In fact, there was very little abnormal wind here (it's always windy this time of year - can't be much else this close to the ocean). It has been raining for a few days, and is supposed to continue raining for another few days. But that is basically normal this time of year (we live on what is basically a prairie so other than this time of year we don't get a whole lot of rain).

Things elsewhere also were not as bad as predicated. Oregon did get two tornadoes and a good bit of damage was done. But the damage that could have been done did not happen. Praise the Lord for His watchcare!

[Rosie]

amen