i don't get it I woke last night to the flash of lightning outside my windows. The time on the clock read 1:03. I turned and faced the window to see the flash, which was keeping up a steady rate of about every 5 seconds. Some were so bright I could see the waves on the ocean; others danced across the sky creating a beautiful but erie chain. This went on for the next half hour, and I just sat there watching the sky and attempting to make out the wind and the land whenever I could. It was so real.

I fell back asleep and when I awoke the sky was overcast, a little cooler than the day before but also very humid. More rain would be expected throughout the day; because of school and various other closings my commute lasted 15 instead of 45 minutes. Later in the morning we had another much smaller meeting, projecting where it was going, what if any rain we would be expecting, etc. We used satellite imagery, which was nice. Of course it was Cuban satellite imagery, and everything was in spanish...
Afterwards a few of us shared some friendly banter about the need for various things when the next time comes around; something that may or may not happen (see previous posts). The chief meteorologist for the island told a quick story, went something like this: There were two fishermen out to sea in a boat. In the back of the boat something came up from below and caused there to be a hole, where water started to leak in. The older fisherman started to panic a little as water began filling the bottom of the boat. The younger fisherman just turned and calmly walked to the front of the boat and knocked another hole in the bottom.
"Why did you do that!" exclaimed the older man.
"So that the water will have a place to drain out!" the younger man replied.

And so this was my first week.  ¶ 7/08/2005 05:23:00 PM