Blown Away!

We experienced our first Santa Ana Winds in Norco this last week. We've had many Santa Ana wind experiences when we lived in the Santa Clarita area, but this was different! We live on a hill and the winds really whipped through. It moved the obvious stuff around but also managed to move our patio furniture and cushions 15-20 feet over toward the fence. It blew another cushion probably 40 feet down the side of the house. The newly purchased hammock (a great yard sale find!) tipped over more times than we can count. We just left it upside down and the kids used it like a jungle gym for the duration of the winds. Inside the house was pretty crazy, too. The winds were very loud and strong. Although you didn't feel the house move, you literally heard the winds howl. It was almost like a thunderstorm with sudden bursts of noise and sometimes constant moaning of the wind. We ended up with a couple of scared kids in our room those nights. I actually kind of enjoy it.


Anna and Jack went out to put the furniture back. The rug was even blown over to the other side where the furniture is piled up.

Anna on an adventure to retrieve the cushion.

The stack of lawn furniture. This is how we found it.

The hammock... or jungle gym.