When I got home this evening, I discovered the storm had left me another gift. A tree. On my car!
At least I'm not alone:
San Francisco was rocked Friday by the powerful punch of the biggest winter storm in two years with high winds and heavy rains disrupting transit service, causing widespread power outages and road and bridge closures....Source: http://www.examiner.com/a-1139685~Storm_handicaps_Bay_Area_commuters.html
...High winds brought down at least 400 trees or branches which contributed to loss of power for up to 62,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers in the Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, Bayview-Hunters Point, Sunset, Richmond and Mission neighborhoods. As of Friday afternoon, 57,000 customers were left without power and told to prepare for having no power throughout today.