Building on that..."It was a pitch-black, can't-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face black, the darkest hour, midnight, of a raging, turbulent, wave-tossing night as I teetered atop my doghouse, clutching until my nails turned blue, watery-dead blue from the tight clench..the only thing keeping me from sliding of into the abyss of the dark and story night...":-)