The Dangers of Catalina Living...

This is probably a post that my mother shouldn't read. Now with that disclaimer out of the way....

CATALINA IS A SCARY PLACE TO LIVE! First off, there's buffalo on this island. No joke, buffalo. They were carted out here a while back for a movie (thanks Hollywood) and managed to escape and are now running around the island. A few weeks ago we were driving to Little Harbor to pick up the High Adventure director for the director's dinner in Two Harbors when a buffalo came out of nowhere and almost rammed the truck we were driving in. You may not think it, but buffalo are really tricky animals and can really sneak up on you if you're not careful. And they're HUGE!! And by huge I mean REDICULOUSLY HUGE!!!

Also, we have black widow spiders out here. I know this because we pull one out of the SCUBA shop at least once a week. There's also one that's taken up residence outside of the marine center right near the door we go into. Yeah. I hate spiders. And if there's anything I hate more than spiders, it's spider that could kill me. Without even a second thought! Honestly, do they really have to hang around here? Can't they find a better place? A place that's not so close to me?

And if renegade bison and deadly spiders weren't enough, we've got to deal with the bane of all coastal living communities, that's the tsunami. Yes, we had a tsunami warning and watch last week. Following the large earthquake off of Peru we were put on a warning which was downgraded into a watch. The head folks here decided that I should sit by my computer checking up and making sure that we were going to get hit with a giant wave. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, it was a little terrifying to hear that the people here had no idea what to do if a tsunami actually came. Good thing I've already been through one set of warnings in my life. Hold hat. But seriously, folks should know that if there's a tsunami coming that you run to high ground!!!