Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "The City."

Wow, we had a windy day yesterday and a high temperature that was in the low 50s. With that wind blowing, it felt a lot colder. STWD and I walked to The Bookman for the newspaper and by the time we got home, both of us had had enough. Mary and Ginger walked separately, and didn't get as far as they'd hoped, due to those windy conditions.

We have a current temperature of 45° along the shores of the "Big Lake", while in GR, the temperatures are forecast by the NWS to fall into the 30s overnight! Here in GH, we'll make a recovery up to 47° later today under cloudy skies, albeit with a Small Craft Advisory from Holland to GH. A Small Craft Advisory means that winds may reach a peak of 35 knots and waves have the potential to be as high as 7 feet. That Small Craft Advisory calls for small boats and inexperienced mariners to stay off the water.

Sadly, the damage along the Atlantic Coast states, from Florida all the way up to the Carolinas caused by Hurricane Michael, have left more than 1,000,000 people in the dark with damages to homes and businesses that are reported to have caused "Unimaginable Destruction" and monetary losses never before seen. What should be a once in 1,000 year event comes on the heels of previous storms that caused severe and costly damages too.

Worthy of note, is that a prediction of a once in 1,000 year storm event does not mean that such a storm will only occur once every 1,000 years. Such a description actually means is that the chances of such an event occurring are 1 in 1,000. However, such labels may become meaningless with the rapidly changing climactic conditions being caused by global warming.

If you own property in or near any of the Atlantic Coast states, enjoy the regular weather, but be prepared for many more storms of the magnitude of Hurricane Michael, storms that can knock out the power grid for weeks or months and raise the cost of home-owners insurance to levels that may make them prohibitive, if you can get insurance at all.                              

Moving on to more mundane things, I tried a new recipe for vegan meatballs yesterday. With a little assistance from Mary, and some on the fly humidification to that recipe, I like the result. The texture is great and the flavor is satisfying. Mary may disagree, but I like them. I never got to the sausages yesterday, but I should make those today. I also finished my latest novel and the crossword puzzle.

We should also be able to finish that spice-cabinet shelf installation today too, since we have nothing on the agenda other than additional walks with the fur-children. We do have to get that cabinet hinge from the hardware store, but that should not take too much time. If we don't get it today, it will have to wait until Monday due to short Saturday store hours.

The MLB Championship Series begins tonight with a NLCS game between the Dodgers and the Brewers @ 8:00 p.m. My beloved Red Sox have their ALCS first game Saturday night @ 8:00 p.m.

In the event I elect to skip blogging tomorrow, I'll mention that the Spartans of MSU host the Nittany Lions of Penn State @ 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The Wolverines of Michigan travel to Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, WI, to meet the Badgers of Wisconsin @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday night, and the Huskies of NIU, travel to Ohio to face the Bobcats of Ohio University @ 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

The sun will rise this morning@ 7:55 a.m. and set later @ 7:07 p.m. Ciao.