We had what thankfully turned out to be a much smaller version of last December’s windstorm last night. I haven’t seen any downed trees but some people around Pasadena and Altadena lost power. For us, it was just a falling palm frond bonanza. At one point, one fell out of the tree and got stuck in our Christmas lights.
It was really hooked on there but when the stronger winds picked up later in the evening, it fell off. Here’s what we had in the morning.
Driving to school this morning was like an obstacle course dodging all the fronds in the road. But my favorite part is that the neighbor’s useless pecan tree that tortures me by constantly dropping leaves, nuts and, worst of all, parrot droppings when they come to eat the pecans, is finally torturing the neighbors as well. The winds blew all of the leaves right off my car onto their lawn!
Too bad no one lives there.