I’m still coughing. Was putting the kids to sleep and he was just about down when the wife screamed for me. I ran out of bed and looked out the window but all I could see in the front yard was thick grey smoke, so thick it activated the motion detector lights. She said the [...]
Looking out over the Bay tonight was quite pretty as we had some clear skies and a rather large moon rising. But then I noticed this really bright light about 9:00 PM that wasn’t usually there (the other side of the Bay is rather desolate–I can often count the number of lights I see pretty [...]
Ro ro past the window where will you go? Military Sealift Command has a number of ships up in Baltimore that you can see anytime you drive through the city. But it’s actually quite rare to see them afloat, unless you are off the coast of Iraq or some other trouble spot. Today the USNS [...]
Couple interesting vessels today. The first was a destroyer leaving Annapolis and making its way back toward Norfolk. Turns out it was the USS Cole, famous from the attack in Yemen a few years back. It was in Annapolis for the homecoming game (which Navy lost miserably to Pitt). The second is the Gazela Primerio, [...]
Haven’t posted any ship updates in awhile. We had a destroyer go by yesterday on the way to Annapolis. This little ship is passing the house right now. With a name like this you'd think it was a table at Ikea M/V Skodsborg: Containers Cars/any rolling equipment Heavy lifts up to 120 tons Yachts/sailing boats [...]
Just had our first power spike. Came back quickly but I suspect some grids are down nearby. Winds and Rain are now steady, but occasionally ’sheeting’ and gusting quite a bit stronger. Waves have not crashed over the seawall just yet, but heavy rain amounts means most of the area down there is underwater (including [...]
Picked up all the junk in my yard Tied my canoe up about 15 feet above sea level Filled coolers and pots with drinking water. Filled trash can, buckets and bathtub with water for toilets (joy of a well pump w/ no power) Filled generator with gas Bought more gas Bought milk, bread, water, soda, [...]
It’s up for now but not sure how long I will have power. Watch live video from PenguinSix’s channel on Justin.tv
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