People are bracing for another round of strong wind and rain that could bring down trees and cause power outages.
For some, that means one more unnerving night on the way. For others, they seem to be getting accustomed to the howling winds and no electricity.
Jennifer Royer of Redwood City said she’s ready for anything. In her 22 years in the city, she hadn’t seen anything like this rainy season. She’s lost power three times.
“Never ever happened before, we’ve never lost power like that,” she said.
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A neighbor said it reminds him of growing up in rural Yugoslavia when they didn’t have electricity.
“You cannot heat the house, I cannot cook nothing you cannot ... no lights! You have to use a candle,” said Ivan Pejic.
In Contra Costa County, more and more residents are removing their trees before they can come crashing down.
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Veronica Almazan of Concord hired a crew to remove a redwood tree from her backyard Monday.
A branch from the tree fell into her fence last week. No one was hurt, but it was way too close for comfort.
"Not only because it's damage and more than a third fell off in the windstorm, but also because if it were to fall in our house, it could severely damage our family and our home,” said Almazan.
In San Francisco, where the last storm turned deadly when two people were hit by falling trees, there’s still danger from falling trees, and windows.
The Salesforce East Tower is one of six high rises in the city that had wind damaged, or failed windows, from the last two storms.
And after three barges broke loose last week and crashed into the Lefty O’Doul Bridge near Oracle Park, the coast guard is calling on people to take precautions.
Lynn Guerra has a boat moored nearby.
"I'm not going to spend my time there, no,” she said. “Because it won't be pleasurable at all, and I'm not going to be able to do anything about it, the lines are there."
Emergency management leaders from across the Bay Area share the same message -- the storm may not be as strong as the past couple we’ve had, but because the ground is saturated and trees and infrastructure are compromised, they ask that people stay off the roads and indoors as much as possible.
