This is somewhat amusing, we are nine days out... but, via the Weather Channel, it looks as if the 11/11/11 Carrier Classic men's hoops game between Michigan State and North Carolina on the USS Carl Vincent has a good potential for Showers (is that El Nino rearing its ugly head?). Good think they (who is they? ESPN, Dept of Defense, Michigan State, God???) have a backup plan to have the game on the flight deck below. The ES wonders what THE below-the-deck atmosphere may look like via an artist's rendering (ES guess is that it may resemble the preseason Maui Classic).  The game is scheduled for 4 pm Pacific Time on a Friday night (that's 7 pm for us Easterners).

Stay tuned.  Go Green...