Month: May 2004

In the basement

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
905 PM EDT TUE MAY 25 2004 …TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM EDT… AT 905 PM EDT… RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER BRANDYWINE…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ABANDON VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER! DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES! TAKE COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS! ]]>

Coast Guard makes me clean the garage

Lightning!
Hail! Woo-hoo. Seems like a goodly storm is coming in tonight. When I heard the Hail warning from the Coast Guard (on the marine radio) I said “time to get the car in the garage.” The only problem is that the garage is a mess, with bags of smelly top soil (that I was suppose to put on the lawn) and my new table saw / birthday present. That thing weighs about 160 lbs so it was tricky to move it. As I look out on the Bay, all I can see are a bunch of bugs attracted by the light of my computer monitor, and a slew of really big spiders making webs to catch these bugs. Maybe I should turn off the light and let the spiders starve.]]>

News from Russia

Navy Times and the Moscow Times that the Russian Navy has decided to deactivate the Typhoon class submarines (i.e. Red October and all that). The I read in the New York Times that a Russian bio-warfare scientist died of Ebola after accidently sticking herself with a needle of the disease. She worked for Vector which is where all sorts of nasty stuff was developed. The head of Vector is Lev Sandakhchiev and he is one of the board of director of the Institute I’m dealing with. Bet he is a bit busy. I’ve been asked to start a VC fund in Russia to help commercially develop Russian technology for the Western markets. We’ll see what comes of that…]]>