Our experience on Day 1 of our cruise on the Silver Whisper was greater than fine.  Possibly, this was the best beginning of a sea journey ever.  Before sharing why, a few news of the day items. The first story is also related to our cruise, because we are headed towards three hurricanes.  The first few hours were calm and safe.  As we entered the Pacific Ocean, we already were experiencing the effect of those storms, for through the night, I had difficulty walking from my bed to the bathroom and back. I yesterday provided details on those three hurricanes, About Karina . Attained hurricane strength on August 30. Got up to 145 MPH on August 31, but also weakened down to 125 MPH, Up to 140 MPH on September 1. Up to 145 MPH on September 2. Down to 105 MPH on September 3, yesterday, Now at 90 MPH. Will further weaken and become a tropical storm either tomorrow or the next, September 6, my birthday,  Good gift if so, The Silver Whisper will not get to the Big Island...

  How much do Paris Summer Olympics medalists get paid? Olympic medal bonuses Table with 4 columns and 14 rows. Country Gold Silver Bronze Hong Kong $768,000 $384,000 $192,000 Singapore $745,000 $373,000 $186,000 Indonesia $300,000 $150,000 $60,000 Israel $271,000 $216,000 $135,000 Republic of Kazakhstan $250,000 $150,000 $75,000 Malaysia $216,000 $65,000 $22,000 Spain $102,000 $52,000 $33,000 France $87,000 $43,000 $22,000 South Korea $45,000 $25,000 $18,000 United States $38,000 $23,000 $15,000 Japan $32,000 $13,000 $6,000 Poland $25,000 $19,000 $14,000 Germany $22,000 $16,000 $11,000 Australia $13,000 $10,000 $7,000 The bronze medal column will be cut-off in the original blog posting.   But you can see it here . Hong Kong athletes in Paris have  so far won  two golds and two bronze medals .  The last Singaporean athlete to win money was Joseph Schooling (left), who beat Michael Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly at the Rio Games in 2016, winning a gold me...