just go “Prime”:1 it.

[1(Amazon - Roomba 530)]http://www.amazon.com/B000UU7TZE/qid=1201832510

These will do you nicely…

[1(Hunter Wellies - Green - Smith & Hawken)]http://www.smithandhawken.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=prod90117p&categoryId=cat130170

It was pretty windy last night as the western part of the stalled low pressure system is finally getting kicked east by an upper-level low coming in from British Colombia.

Around 9:00 a line of thunderstorms was picked up on the KMUX radar.

Here’s the special marine statement from the NWS:

bq.. WHUS56 KMTR 271732
SMWMTR
PZZ565-271815-
/O.NEW.KMTR.MA.W.0005.080127T1730Z-080127T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
930 AM PST SUN JAN 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR…
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS CALIFORNIA
OUT TO 20 NM OVER PACIFIC WATERS…

* UNTIL 1015 AM PST

* AT 924 AM PST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM…PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER OVER
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS CALIFORNIA
OUT TO 20 NM…OR ABOUT 22 NM SOUTH OF
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA…MOVING NORTH AT 20 KNOTS. IN ADDITION…THIS
STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER.

* THE STORM IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR MONTEREY BAY BY 1000 AM PST.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS…HIGH WAVES…DANGEROUS LIGHTNING…
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY…UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT…LON 3653 12207 3661 12202 3658 12198 3652 12197
3643 12193 3630 12191 3610 12198 3616 12219
TIME…MOT…LOC 1730Z 198DEG 22KT 3623 12204

and got brainwashed. Then kept playing All Apologies from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York show. So I Primed the “DVD”:1 and the “CD”:2.

Oh, and for immediate gratification I downloaded the “MP3s”:3 from Amazon too.

[1(Amazon DVD - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York [LIVE])]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WQW988/qid=1201386786

[2(Amazon CD - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York [LIVE])]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000003TB9/qid=1201386209

[3(Amazon MP3 - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York [LIVE])]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VWN5EK/qid=1201387939

The little box off the coast (as seen in the loop) is a special marine warning…

bq.. SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
PZZ545-560-575-251715-
/O.NEW.KMTR.MA.W.0004.080125T1639Z-080125T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
839 AM PST FRI JAN 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR…
WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 20 TO 60 NM
OVER PACIFIC WATERS…
COASTAL WATERS FROM PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS CALIFORNIA OUT TO
20 NM OVER PACIFIC WATERS…
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT CALIFORNIA OUT TO
20 NM OVER PACIFIC WATERS…

* UNTIL 915 AM PST

* AT 833 AM PST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS…PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER
FROM COASTAL WATERS FROM PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS CALIFORNIA OUT
TO 20 NM TO WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM
20 TO 60 NM…OR FROM 11 NM WEST OF PIGEON PT. TO 36 NM WEST OF
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA…MOVING NORTH AT 10 KNOTS.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
WATERS FROM PIGEON PT. TO PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS CA FROM 20 TO 60 NM
AT 850 AM PST…
COASTAL WATERS FROM PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS CALIFORNIA OUT TO
20 NM AT 850 AM PST…
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT CALIFORNIA OUT TO
20 NM AT 850 AM PST…

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS…HIGH WAVES…DANGEROUS LIGHTNING… AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY…UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT…LON 3717 12240 3628 12259 3627 12290 3751 12259
TIME…MOT…LOC 1639Z 186DEG 14KT 3717 12261 3637 12262

[1(KMUX - loop)]http://www.zoinger.com/img/2008-01-25_KMUX_loop.gif