"It was pretty sharp," said Sharyn Conn, receptionist at the oceanside Cypress Cove Inn in Cambria. "It really went on and on. I just got everyone under the door frames and rode it out."

This from the news. Those are the really scary kind. Start off with a bang and then keep going. I'm taking my kids to Cambria on Friday. I've always dreaded their first one of these things. Glad they missed it. (Sorry you didn't.)