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#1 - On the night of December 14, 2006, gale winds raged across the Pacific Northwest, with gusts well over 100mph,
following an afternoon of heavy rain, which followed a fall of continuous heavy rains.  The ground was soaked. 
Trees fell.  Power went out for more than 1 million homes & businesses.  This is the tale of how Grandma C's
family home stood up to the biggest storm since the record breaking Inaugeration Day Storm of 1993.

In December of 1949, Grandma C's parents, Percy & Clarice, bought and moved into a small waterfront home on the shores of Lake Washington.  The very next month, Seattle nearly broke a record one day snowfall set in 1916.  On
January 13, 1950, 21.4 inches of snow fell along with 25-40mph winds, freezing the shallows around the edges of the lake.  The Seattle area had a total of 63.6 inches of snow that month, almost matching the 1880 record of 64 inches in a whole winter.  Across the street, Mrs. Lewis warmed baby bottles and food on her wood burning stove for friends and neighbors until the power was restored.  But that is another story. (See Seattle Snow & Ice Storms and other Seattle snow )