Boomers and Crashers

Thunderstorms meant no cable when I awoke, which meant no Internet this morning and no weather channel, and me with lots of driving planned.

Almost immediately after my shower this morning, the lights went out. Which is substantially better than them going out whilst I was in the shower. Apparently, some 10,000 people were out for a short while today. Thanks to the storms.

During my driving, I took a moment to stop at the beach. By then, the thunder had mostly passed, and I saw no signs of lightning, but the waves were crashing onto the shore pretty nicely, the water was all gray, there was no one else visible in any direction whatsoever, and a single picnic table and benches (a one-piece thing) braved the waters by sitting on the very edge of the beach (which, admittedly, was all of about 1 meter from parking to water, and a stretch of maybe 2 meters at the picnic table), the water lapping its edges.

If I'd had lunch with me, I might've been tempted to sit at that picnic bench, in the rain, and stare out at the bay as I ate.