Itook my way straight for the east coastof the island, for I was determined togo down the seaside of the spittoavoid all chance of observation from the anchorage.
One possibility is that the jet streams that normally hit the west coaststraight on will instead swing up into Alaska and dive down the coast, bringing along cold arctic winds with it.
We were into open country now, running straight up the coast about a mile from the ocean on a two-lane blacktop road across the dunes with no clouds in the sky and a full moon blazing down on the Pacific.
So they went 15 miles due east right to the edge of the coast, and then went -- basically turned back and made a straight beeline up the coast, and that takes you back to the airport in New Orleans.