About this time last year, we had super-typhoon Haiyan.
Now we have super-typhoon Nuri, having reached 180mph winds, one of the two strongest storms this year. And she looks like she could cause some serious commotion. :sigh: Typhoons in the jet stream are just bad news altogether.
Gotta say, encountering a 3-foot blacksnake on the walk as you're heading into the house does tend to make you real aware of where you put your feet for a while afterwards.