Cutting Our Way Back to a Remote Cabin in a BC Windstorm
A big windstorm rolled across BC on November 6th. Frank and I had planned to take the boat out, but with gusts forecast up to 49 knots we left it tied up and went for a drive out back to see what the wind was doing.
By the time we turned around for the cabin, trees were coming down behind us and across the road every hundred yards or so. Our chainsaws were broke, so it was a little handsaw, a winch and a lot of pulling. One fell right behind us while we were cutting another one. You could hear the trees creaking all around in the dark.
When we finally made it back to camp, a tree had come down right on top of the water tank. It buckled the tank, took down the cable to the cell booster and broke some guy wires off the tower. It just missed the cabin and the solar panels. Another tree came down by camp and took out the Christmas lights and our moose hanging pole, and the wind blew the skinning shack door open.
Then we went down to check on the boat. Both front ropes had snapped and the boat had spun on the dock. We got it tied back up and checked it over, and it doesn't look like there's any damage.
I've seen a lot of windstorms, but I haven't seen carnage like this. Nobody got hurt, the boat's okay, and there's a lot of cleanup ahead. If you're dealing with this storm too, hope you're all safe.
Chapters
0:00 Storm night
0:26 Supposed to get windy
1:10 Trees down on the road
4:48 Back at camp
7:22 Checking on the boat
10:08 Wrap-up
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