JoDee took some awesome Pictures of the storms that rolled through on Friday evening. They were pretty intense storms; the kind that make you wonder if we should have found someone's place that had a basement with somewhere to hide rather than staying in the house.

Also, JoDee and I checked out Umi prior to the storms, along with my sensei and a couple of students in my Japanese class. The food was very good, and I tried a sushi and sashimi combination. Good food all around. We even got some asparagus and vegetable rolls to bring home for later on, which were yummy.