Weather watch

Jill was just reading on the KPTV weather blog that a storm is due to pass through Oregon. The blog said that there is a thunderstorm powerful enough to spawn a tornado passing through the Detroit/Lyons/Silver Falls area of the state. A tornado watch has been posted and the people are being told to hide in a closet until the danger passes.

We have been parked on a hillside, overlooking the Columbia River at Rufus for about 3 hours. The weather has gone from hot (90s) and dead calm to a blow that is rocking the coach (even though we have the stabilizer jacks down) and huge rain drops pelting the weather side of the coach. The temperature has probably dropped about 15 degrees, although I don't have a reliable outdoor thermometer.

We had our awnings out on the sunny side of the coach, which is now the rainy and windy side of the coach. It took both of us and two neighbors to get the large awning rolled up.

I spoke to Patrick, our son, to wish him happy birthday. He said he heard on the radio that Portland could get quarter-sized hail today. Ooohhh, my poor plants at home! I will continue to post on the developments here in Rufus.