Cold weather and wind

This week the weather is projected to dip to near freezing, which means it is time to remove your garden hoses from outside faucets and bring them into the garage. Even a mild freeze can freeze water in garden hoses, causing water to back up inside your home, freeze, and split pipes. This can cause very extensive, and expensive, damage.

 

Additionally: think about moving inside fuchsias and other flowers that I have trouble spelling.

For those who may be new to the area, Sequim gets plenty of sunshine, and generally mild weather in spring, summer, fall, and winter. But Sequim also gets wind.

 

The wind doesn’t need a messy stormfront with clouds and rain and thunder. The area can have a clear-skies windstorm that reaches 40-50 mph or more. Windstorms are particularly common in the fall and early winter.

 

With this in mind, please think about how you can secure chairs, tables, toys, relatives, and anything else that the wind might pick up and toss against your home or car or passing neighbor. Last fall, I was hit by a plastic flower pot that came sailing through the air from somewhere to the west.