and she was - Storm

So, California had a big storm. With big winds. And after our power went out, and I was sitting in my living room writing a scene in my book about a storm (because I'm creative like that) the window right behind me exploded. From the wind. Shard of glass, as big as my arm, were everywhere, and lots of little ones too. I just got a little cut on my arm, but the rest of the day was like, shit, there's another pane of glass that might break, and another, etc.
E and I went downtown to buy a flashlight and everything was out there too. We ate avo sandwiches at a dark deli, and bought our flashlight at the dark outdoor world, and it was all traffic jams and flooding streets. Ocean waves were crashing over the sea wall on Westcliff, which meant they were at least 20 feet high. I'm used to the weather being something you wear a coat or flip flops for, like most kids on the west coast. This felt a little more hurricane-ish.