It woke us up and then later we were woken up with the sound of a chainsaw and chipper. I see from this article a tree fell on a car at Chilco and Pendrell…about 1/2 block from where we are so I guess that's what we were hearing.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-hit-with-early-morning-wind-storm-1.3110714
Some of our beach friends have been in the ocean and said it was lovely. Now, probably still not quite lovely for me but I was thinking of giving it a try this weekend. Well, I imagine this storm has cooled the water down so we'll see.