Ultimately, Shawn was glad he ditched the dinner, although any time with Sally was better than no time. But when he awoke this morning he felt it had given him more time last night to layout his positioning in the media boat to make sure he got the photo of Drake the sponsors wanted, and expected. He had read through the latest reports from NOAA before checking the buoy readings himself and all the reports confirmed: tomorrow’s surf would be off the charts, and even he and the other boats would be placing themselves in danger by simply being on the water.