It poured throughout the night, with some beautiful (and very close) flashes of lightening. The ground is now sopping wet, and I wouldn't recommend stepping on the grass unless you want to sink into mud. Vicky and I first watched the Cantonese "A Chinese Ghost Story 1: Special Edition" and then anime version of "Metropolis". Having UPSes on all the A/V hardware and the HDTV video projector allowed us to keep watching despite the flickering power.

While Starband has been alot better since getting the ground-level pole mount and spending some serious time getting it re-peaked, it still couldn't compete with the wind and the heavy rain. It lost signal around 10pm last night and came back around 3am. Vicky and I were glad that we have Cingular wireless internet on our Sony Clies and on the Powerbook. She was able to check her email and make some additions to the Netflix queue. I checked my mail and surfed the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

Not a bad way to spend a tropical depression...