Friday really wasn’t a good day. I missed my bus by about 2 minutes, the taxi I called took 20 minutes to get here, and when I finally got to the train station - they were running 30+ minutes behind schedule. All up, I got to work about 45 minutes late.
A few hours later, I learned that a ship - the Pasha Bulker - had grounded off Nobbies Beach - about 1KM from work. Apparently it was/is visible from the top floor of our building. That caused a bit of excitement, but apart from the strong winds, and heavy rain - no one was terribly concerned.
At lunch, I ventured out in a brief lessening in the wind and rain to get something to eat. There was bits of tree branches, and… stuff lying on the ground. I (jokingly) described it as a war-zone in a Twitter message
By the time 4:30pm rolled around, I’d had enough, and thought I should probably catch the earlier train home, just incase there were more delays. Normally, I catch a train at about 5:20, which meets the last bus out to Coal Point. Missing that, especially on a Friday night, means a 40 minute or more wait for a Taxi to come from a surrounding area.
(Caution, Long Blog Post - also a few pics too)
