waiting for the cyclone to hit....

cyclone Ketsana is about to hit da nang in less than two hours...That is still quite a`ways from here, but we do feel the storm all right already: torrential rains, fierce gusts of wind that do not howl but screech, its cold and wet and the river is- very- high again....there is nothing one can do but batten down the hatches- provided one has them- and wait and hope for the best....strangely enough i did have customers for lunch and have a reservation for tonight (provided they can made it down of course) seems the weather creates an urge of impulse for want of a better word, in westerners for... comfort food. so comfort food it is....