Jimena's shenanigans

It could only happen on a full moon. The base of Hurricane Jimena is still 75 miles away on Baja, but most of its effects have jumped the Sea of Cortez and arrived to slap us in the face. All night. Into the morning. At 8:42 it still shows no signs of letting up. A hurricane with remote control. Actually the authorities who decide these things have demoted her to a tropical storm on the Baja side, but she's exhibiting hurricane behavior here. "A Jekyll/Hyde thing," says the Capt. This explains why news reports and online sources all said she was headed away from us last night, yet we kept getting more and more weather.

Here's the NASA picture, to give you an idea of her shenanigans.

NASA satellite picture of Jimena this morning: the smaller blob at left is what they're calling the base of the storm, and the much bigger one is right over Guaymas/San Carlos

We had no electricity, but the Capt, ever resourceful, hooked up an inverter to my '71 VW van, sitting in the carport, to a series of power strips. So until the gas runs out, we have a makeshift generator. Our real generator is miles away, out at his work area for the Green Flash, and it's not a good time to jump into the truck and go get it.

Oddly enough, we still have Internet for now, being hooked up to MegaRed cable. So, knowing how all my dear followers are fretting over our status, I send off this post from the heart of the storm.

It's very exciting outside. We can't venture very far from the carport, because the winds are gusting around 50 knots. So far the worst of it has been not having adequate power to use our coffee machine, so I have to make tiny cups of espresso with the stovetop Italian pot. Better than nothing...

Dear friends with boats, please don't email me to go check the status of your vessel right now. Trust me, you wouldn't go out in this either.