Sounds like you've got the right attitude for it all. You've got the improvise part down right!
De'on Miller | Homepage | 06.05.07 - 8:27 pm | #

I just now return from your old abode, and I have to say: I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!!! Great job.
De'on Miller | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 12:01 am | #

I like this comment,'Typhoons are nifty'

'Typhoons usually result in everyone having a big party. We stock up on beer, propane, and ice.'
I'm soo there dude!

'and watching the action is fun.'

I love the forces of Nature(God)!
I have a youtube sight of my lightning vids if you wan to check 'em out (hopefully there will be more).
http://www.youtube.com/profile?u...e? user=Tstormer

I left some follow up comments on my blog-thanks for the fly by JJ.
FTGF!
daniel | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 12:14 am | #

I remember the weather while I was stationed there. I was there for about six months at a stretch, and it usually only rained twice - once for four months, and then again for two months...

(ba-dum-bum)

Anyway - used to love the typhoon parties!
cary | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 4:06 am | #

Just come to Maine...or New England for that matter. Rain, rain never goes away and we count on it every day. LOL
Raven | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 6:21 am | #

Great fun indeed! If we could make it off base before the Air Farce secured the gates, it was straight to Round table for 'All you can eat' Pizza lunch (27 slices for me), then off to the beach for a great show! and a good sand blasting (re: comments posted on the firing range).

2,3,4 days off in a row, then the weekend. of course, Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet so it was yatzee by candlelight for the evenings.
Gawfer | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 11:16 am | #

The powers that were, in '68, sent us out on a 24 hr patrol, during typhoon Bess! They came back and got us during a lull in the wind and rain. Never been so freaking wet and cold!

Tom
marinetbryant | 06.06.07 - 11:31 am | #

"30 inches of rain" Well, I guess it is good you live up in the high rise!
dtodeen | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 11:35 am | #

Interesting that the Japanese equivalent of the Army Corps of Engineers isn't blamed for every typhoon and sad that the same building techniques aren't used elsewhere. It would certainly aid the U.S. steel industry.

Never thought I'd see "typhoons" and "party" used in the same sentence, but it makes perfect sense after reading your post. Paper airplanes? I would have thought boats, after reading of your adventures hurricane-watching in the Carolinas.

Veritas et Fidelis Semper
Deborah Aylward | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 5:18 pm | #

I learned my lesson Deborah! Now I just launch my squadron of paper airplanes from my 9th floor balcony. They all end up mashed against a fence downstairs, so cleanup is a breeze (no pun intended).
Just John | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 8:02 pm | #

I shared that chocolate/coconut recipe with Gawfer and his wife, and I was thinking of sharing a f-f-fudge recipe that is quite good but thought I don't know if he really likes f-f-fudge as much as some people do...any thoughts? It's a REALLY good recipe, but some people don't like f-f-fudge as much as others. What do you think?

Veritas et Fidelis Semper
Deborah Aylward | Homepage | 06.06.07 - 9:57 pm | #

Debroah, HELLO... 27 slices of pizza duringa typhoon? What human being who consumed that much shrimp, corn and tomato pizza wouldn't also like F-F-Fudge?

Jeez! (LOL!)
Gawfer | Homepage | 06.07.07 - 2:29 am | #

Ah typhoons...

I can remember being station on Guam back in 1989 and 'Typhoon Roy.' It was a major event for us, we put on our p.t. shorts, complete with jungle boots, and wore our flaks and helmets while sitting in anchored down lawn chairs on top of the barracks dodging flying debris and coconuts while drinking our favorite beer...

Definately a a hard charging Marine scenario...

Only us LOL...
GUNZ | Homepage | 06.07.07 - 6:14 am | #

Fudge is like air, if you don't like it, you must not be human...lol.
Just John | Homepage | 06.07.07 - 6:55 am | #