Hi! Feels like it’s been ages! We had to get some crucial updates taken care of last week. Since I last posted, summer dissolved and winter storms took over in a big way. Strong winds and lots of rain pushed away any hope for a little extra summer. In three days, 4 inches of rain fell on average in our area of Sonoma County. I even know some people who reported 6 inches!

Here at Gen Hydro, we lost a tree to the weather on the first day of rains. It was a massive walnut that stood close to 4 stories tall. The tree was right between the office and our Tea Room. It came crashing down onto the roof of the Tea Room and a crew came out the same day to clear it away from our power lines. If this first storm is any indication, t’s gonna be a wild winter!

The whole root system just came up out of the ground.

The damage to the building wasn’t as bad as it could have been… We are lucky that no one was hurt.

And now we have plenty of tree trunk and branches available!