Ba... Ba... Baaaaahh...

The very minute we became so sufficiently disappointed in Earl that all fear left the house and birthday candles suddenly seemed a sufficient way to light our festivities, the phone rang.

!! Reverse-911 Emergency Code Red Announcement !!

They said, "You know, it seems calm right now, but be careful. It's going to get worse in the next couple of hours. The storm surges will get worse and don't be stupid."

...or something like that.

In case the full police state that is developing in greater Montauk (which, by the way is NOT accurately depicted in the photograph at right) isn't warranted, and we begin to be thoroughly bored, we plan to set off fireworks, build a giant fire (to combat the air conditioning) and tell ghost stories while drinking prosecco. Yeah. We're that guy.

One Man Down

While our roster of characters here in Montauk has been rotating throughout the week, our most recent housemate departure was just this morning. The LIRR isn't running, but the Jitney is! ... and has been taken over by Heineken.


We raise our beers to our fallen comrade, may he arrive in Manhattan dry and unscathed!

Water. Water! WATER!!!

So, it stopped raining. In fact, if it weren't so overcast, it would be rather nice. This morning, once it stopped raining, we went to the dump then to pick up a friend to bring them back to weather the weather. On the way home, we stopped at the beach (ocean-side) to see what was going down.

At various points in this trip, we've been on the beach and there's been a sudden, random, rogue wave that's come up and pretty much soaked all of our stuff. We're one Kindle down because of this. The warning cry usually sounds something like: "Water. Water! WATER!!!" Well, during our beach interview with Alexander, we had a water water water moment.

Yeah, there are some waves out there. Luckily we stayed dry.

... Mostly.

Good morning, Earl

The rain has officially started after an overcast early morning.