Simon’s Blog

I’m glad we finally got a good snow storm, because today the cats got to experience their first snow day! This was also the first time I used iMovie ‘09. It wasn’t able to reduce the wind noise like iMovie ‘06 can, but it integrates with my iPhone and Youtube effortlessly.  I had to manually add the South Pole’s lat/lon to a text file for that map animation, which is otherwise completely automated.   The precision editor is also helpful for lining up transitions:

Extreme Weather Alert: Meteorologists Predict Intensely Brisk Autumn

Also be aware of the danger posed by orangy-rays of autumnal sunlight glinting off duck ponds, they can momentarily blind you.

Hilarious!

My cats are so good at walking in the rain.

The cats were spooked by the approaching storm before we were able to detect it.  We ended up huddling under a tree with two pissed off cats while we waited out a downpour.  After that there were only a few sprinkles and we were able to continue our walk.

 We got 7.5 inches of rain! Behold the onslaught of tropical depression Hanna.

 
Check out this flooding, the rain surged about 3 to 4 feet above the creek behind this Jeep.