Typhoon Chaba took a turn to the southeast and made a close pass to Guam. At it's closest it was about 85 mailes away and our winds were up to 70 MPH gusts. Rota and Saipan took it as a close approach and saw sustained winds in excess of 100 MPH. Currently it is moving away and has sustained wind speeds of 185 MPH.

We spent Sunday afternoon putting up typhoon shutters and preparing the old house and the new house for the storm. The rain was pouring and the winds were already high. I was soaking wet before we were half through with the first house. Then we were back to help Gordon get his and another house ready.

We rode it out in a friend's house. Oddly enough we had power through the heighth of the storm and sat up watching DVDs and movies. Then it crashed this morning around 8:00 AM as the winds dropped.

Tonight we are spending our first night in the new house. We had our first shower in a week this evening! What luxury!