Excitement Mounts, Weather Does Nothing

Nothing new on the typhoon yet which is good since I left my office window open and have to walk back to work and close it. Not sure what prompted that stroke of genious.

There are cars out, a slight drizzle and no people. Shop keepers and street vendors folded everything up, put their medle doors down and went home. It is a strange sight. Usually there is activity on the street until 1:00 to 2:00 in the morning.

There is a slight breeze and low clouds which obscure the tops of buildings. Since all the buildings are lit up like Christmas trees and generally have some tacky neon feature on top, the result is a bit ominous. No doubt the storm will miss us altogether given my excitement.

One of my colleagues who is in town for a month and a half is staying with me (he recently finished a year's stint in Shanghai and moved to our DC office with his fiance), and he announced he isn't setting his alarm for morning. There is an expectation that business will be closed, and we'll all get a snow day.