Wednesday, January 10, 2001
10:35 p.m. It started out very slow this afternoon --
just an overcast sky and a few sprinkles. Thought it might
blow over ... but instead, we're in for a pretty big storm
around these parts. Gale-force winds, they say. Waves
cresting at 28 feet.
We'll see. Meanwhile, here's what it means here inside:
lots and lots of cooking and a whole lot of leaks springing
here and there. Wipe up the floor, wipe down the bureau, lay
down the towels and move the potted plants.
We had a nice candle-lit dinner as the wind howled and
the storm pummeled the room and if the electricity had gone
out, it wouldn't matter too much because the dinner was
already cooked and warmed and eaten and the wine was already
chilled and poured and drunk.
So, we're snug and tucked as we wait for the next phase
of the big storm. I thought I'd better get on the machine
and post something in the way of a how-de-do before the
electricity does, indeed, blink out.
We've been eating the Y2K supplies for the last few days,
working through the canned goods and the bottled water and
the largish stocks of rice and beans. It will be the
ultimate irony if I get to the end of the supplies just in
time for a series of storms and economic crisis.
It's hard to worry with a full stomach, however. Instead,
I think I'll just open an umbrella and make my way upstairs
to the rain room and get some sleep. Last night was a long
night. Tonight looks to be a wet one. It usually doesn't
rain in Southern California, but when it does, man ... you
know the rest of the tune.
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