Weird...

Today, June 28, 2005, 167 international ships, both from the civil sector and the military, are gathering in Porstmouth, England to celebrate the 200-year anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.....uno problemo (well, kind of): the battle was fought on October 21st....so when I got up today and heard all this news about what appeared to be a lavish naval parade I was a little confused...I still don't know why they're doing the 'reenactment' today (it's more of a celebration of Trafalgar; organizers won't hype the battle's actual events too much because they don't want to conflagrate national sentiments....after all, France and Spain lost pretty damn badly).....if I had to give an educated guess, I'd say it's because of weather problems in the English Channel during Autumn. That sounds like the plausible explanation, but I still don't concretely know and I'm trying to find out. If anyone out there who reads this knows why they're doing it today, don't hesitate to inform me.....