Bavi Cometh

 I'm not sure why my photos won't upload.  Eventually, I will go back and add them.  

It has rained off and on all day.  Occasionally the sun would come out. (It was in the moments, I thought to myself, "You know...you could go to the beach for a while."  My favorite moment today was in the NWS 3:30pm briefing, the governor attended and told all the surfers they had their fun, now go home. (The Marianas doesn't really get waves--except when storms come. So when the storms come, the surfers flock to the ocean!)

About 5:30 we started getting heavy rain.  Then thunder. Thunder is exciting because it doesn't happen out here.  When I saw that Saipan was losing power, I decided to do the things I needed to do. Like one more shower...just in case.  

At about 8:00pm, I was sitting in the living room when I heard a crash.  It really wasn't windy enough for major excitement.  I went outside and a shutter had fallen off.  I came back in. Another crash.  I go back outside, another shutter had fallen off.  Apparently the guys didn't pin two of the windows.  

It wasn't a job I could do by myself (mostly because I can't close the shutters blocking the doors), so I had to call reinforcements to help.  But with only 3 cars on the entire road system, he made it quickly.  

Shutters are now secured (ish).  

Time to get some sleep and see what morning holds.  It will be getting bad when I wake up. But it has turned a smidge north, so maybe not bad bad.