Afishionados,

It’s been very, very windy here in the Seattle area these past few days. “Wind advisories” have been put into effect almost every day this week. These advisories seem to serve very little purpose other than to let people know that, “Hey, there’s wind today so go on about your business as usual, just be aware that it’s…windy. And although we, the weathermen, have issued these ‘advisories’, please be aware that we have no instructions on how to deal with this ‘wind’. Thank you.”

Unfortunately, the wind was simply too much to deal with for some people this morning. Second Class Petty Officers and above are authorized to ride a hypothetical (musn’t give away information to the terrorists) ferry that travels directly from the base in Everett to the base in Bremerton. That means never having to ride the infamous bus for Third Class Petty Officers and below.

That is, unless someone issues a wind advisory, in which case you get the day off. Yes, that’s right, moments after undocking and venturing forth through the Puget Sound, the ferries had to turn around and call it a day. The seas were too…um…wavy for the United States Navy and their…ferries.

In all fairness, the ferries are civilian owned and operated and are simply contracted out by the Navy. But still, there is something ironic about the wind being too much for the self-proclaimed “world’s most powerful Navy”.

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