At least Pax thought so. Beautiful, clear moonrise, featuring a big orange moon. But then sometime in the wee hours, a few flashes and some rumbling—certainly enough to get Pax wedged under a bed...and to disrupt the sleep patterns of everyone else in the house. In spite of the severe warning nothing really amounting to much.

This afternoon, a Windrider sail with fluky winds (still rather fun). And then, observed with cocktails from the Zen spot, a brisk, cool northwest breeze, telling me that front had gone through and we were now into a period of pleasantly cool and dry. But NO.

Pax did not agree. So, takling Pax at his word I checked the forecast and the radar, and it turns out that we have another severe thunderstorm warning for tonight. Hard to believe.