Stormy weather

Sun's out today for the first time in a few days. It's been very windy, enough to land roof shingles in our yard. The surf and wind have made the beach a mess. Our students have been bundled up in hoodies--with hoods up, and complaining about the cold. When they do we have a discussion about relativity. 

But Sunday we had enough of a break (Sundays are always the nicest days for Sabbath-breaking recreation around here) that we could gather some of the little shells we like as we walked. Even Mark Eubank was exclaiming about the weather after priesthood meeting on Sunday.

Yesterday there was an earthquake offshore at the Big Island and the announcements and alerts on tv and the radio forgot to be clear about the fact that there wasn't a tsunami associated with it. So we heard about an earthquake with no mention of a tsunami. But the sirens didn't go off and we didn't run for the hills. There are siren towers all along the coast for tsunamis.

I forgot to mention that when Tessa and Josh were here and we took them into Chinatown we found a "Lost" crew filming right at our parking lot and across the street from our favorite dim sum restaurant. It was so exciting--watching the same extras walk back and forth in front of a little building over and over again all afternoon--that I forgot to take a picture with the camera in my pocket. A crew guy told us where they were going to film some beach scenes the next day, but we decided not to follow them. We don't really watch "Lost." The trailer holding their two portapotties labeled "Men" and "Women" did have piece of cardboard stuck to it on which someone had written "Read the signs!"  I guess "Lost" has some toilet use issues.

Greg