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Today I was hired to perform at a lunchon type event at a private residence in the back yard. It started out fairly nice out, a little windy but nothing too bad. I’m glad I have lots of material in my mingling magic that’s versatile so that when the wind came up it was a non-issue, I still had lots of magic to perform. About halfway through the event it started to drizzle a little, then about 5 minutes later we got some heavy rain and wind. Then the tree in the neighbours yard fell over. The party was moved indoors and I continued to perform. Although the party goers were excited initially about the garden party, I was happy when we moved inside because it was much easier to perform and I had better attention from the audience.

When I got home about an hour later the wind still hadn’t left off. The winds ended up approaching over 100km/hour! Tree’s all over the city fell over landing on homes and power lines. About 500 homes and commercial buildings are without power now. Most of it is expected to be back up tonight though, with the rest of it being restored by tomorrow morning. The Kelowna Marina was hit really bad. The wind slammed the boats against each other and the dock causing about 80% of the boats to be destroyed. No serious injuries were caused by the windy day.

Thankfully the only thing that was destroyed on our property was a small lamp.