the ocean and its creatures are breathing a collective sigh of relief today as the navy's war-game exercises across the islands, called rim of the pacific exercise (rimpac), finally cease. explosions, sonar and changing atmospheric conditions (as acknowledged by a local newscaster - whatever it is they were doing was causing what looked like a giant thunderstorm over kauai on the radar), are finally over.
the presence of the ships' were ominous as i collected the sea's precious treasures in recent weeks.
truthfully, i feel safer now that they are gone.
