Normally, Lake Union is quite placid. It’s reasonably protected and rarely sees much wave action. Normally, KJ doesn’t move in the wind. That 66 tons holds her nice and steady.

Not today. She was rockin’ and pulling at her lines when I woke up.

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We’ve had strong winds with gusts above 50 today.
This is just round one with a three-round fight with gusty winds. Another storm promises wind gusts of around 40-50 mph on Tuesday night, and then a potentially very strong wind storm looms for Thursday night and Friday morning.

In other news, the kidlets and I went to Seattle’s Central Library, since libraries are NJ’s and my favorite places on earth. SB, not so much. But he came along anyway.

Let’s just say we were not impressed. Leans toward the “modern” side of architecture, meaning sharp, angular, hard, and uncomfortable. And yes, I mean the chairs. Which are cubes made out of what looks like concrete. There are 400 computers, most of which seemed snugged right up against each other, leaving rows of people uncomfortably shoulder-to-shoulder. While the escalators were cool, they failed to make up for the overall feel of the building.

Don’t they look like they’re having fun? This is what forced death marches through the city can do for your children too!

NJ and I went to the Fremont branch later on and found it to be much more to our liking. Comfy chairs, cozy feel. That’ll definitely be our home branch.