In a lesser storm last winter my Porsche awning (pictured belwo) took off and decided to leave on its own. Meaning it got airborn and blew into the next door neighbor's yard. Incredibly, the Porsches were untouched. Couldn't happen again in a million tries!
For those of you in the Midwest and East this registers as a biblical proportion storm in SoCal. In your world you'd say, "Honey, is it supposed to sprinkle today?"