Man, I never thought I'd be doing one of these posts 2 weeks in a row.
How is everyone in San Diego doing? We're hoping that everyone made it thru Hilary unscathed with property intact.
Things really hit home when I did my Saturday shopping...places did seem a bit more busy, but then I dropped by Marukai for a couple of things and one guy had an entire shopping cart full of Gallon spring water bottles; like 20 of them! And the cashier rang him up (they are 99 cents at Marukai) without blinking an eye. I know, I should have taken a photo, but I was totally in shock. As usual my last stop was at Sprouts, I noticed there was a long line at the registers. And then when I passed the water section, oh my!
Shades of "shopping in the times of Covid"! Though it obviously wasn't as bad, my friend told me that Trader Joe's had been cleaned out.
Since I was running late, I managed to visit Gusto Market and purchase something we "just needed".
Which ended up being part of our "brunch" yesterday.
By early afternoon, Hilary had gone from a Category 4 Hurricane, to a Category 2 (here's the measurements) to a Tropical Storm.
We've been in Kyoto when Typhoon Vongfong hit and I remember Iniki as well. But this is SoCal and the last time a Tropical Storm had hit California was in 1939! I don't think we are quite as prepared for events like that!
At 345pm I opened my phone and stuff just kept on coming....
Man, with the fires in Canada and Washington state, the fire in Lahaina, now the hurricane/tropical storm.
We hope that you all made it thru Hilary unscathed! We hope all is well!
I went for an afternoon walk in Mission Bay yesterday. It was nice out. Ate dinner at Yakitori Taisho since they had a bunch of cancelled reservations. The drivers on the roads were scarier than the rain.
Posted by: Junichi | Monday, 21 August 2023 at 10:30 AM
No big deal in our area, Fletcher Hills. Nice soaking for the garden. Glad you and the Missus are OK. Happy dining!
Posted by: Kenneth | Monday, 21 August 2023 at 10:31 AM
I also saw pics of cleared shelves at Trader Joes. The lines for Costco gas on Saturday morning were a bit longer than usual. Saw lots of carts with toilet paper and bottled water (shades of March 2020). Steady rain all day yesterdy with little wind, so I'm thankful it wasn't a serious storm.
Posted by: Sandy | Monday, 21 August 2023 at 10:38 AM
Things kind of picked up in the evening here Junichi!
Glad you are doing well Kenneth!
Today might be a good day for grocery shopping Sandy! ;o)
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 21 August 2023 at 10:52 AM
Yeah I was surprised that it was toilet paper armeggedon part 2, fortunately we were already well stocked with supplies and I didn't have to fight the crowds. Saturday night I did try the new Chef Zhu restaurant, reminiscent from his time at Shanghai City and Double Happiness. It's nice to have a chinese restaurant a bit closer to home for me, although they were sold out of a lot of dishes.
Posted by: Jason | Monday, 21 August 2023 at 02:00 PM
glad you were okay, so many natural disasters these days! stay safe. take care!
Posted by: kat | Monday, 21 August 2023 at 03:17 PM
Lost a tree that was uprooted but did not hit the house. I think it was the wind that did it, not the wet. Overall, we got through very well. Glad to hear that you, the missus, and other folks here are doing well.
Posted by: alnc | Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 05:47 AM
That's good you didn't need water. Not much happened here except my umbrella blew over into the alley and the support pole disappeared. I had a spare and put the umbrella back up yesterday.
Posted by: Soo | Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 08:46 AM
I was shocked to see the "bottled water" thing Jason! And we'll have to check out Chef Zhu soon!
All this craziness Kat!
Oh man ALNC! Good to know that your house wasn't damaged!
We just got a lot of leaves to clean up Soo!
Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 10:01 AM