![Photo shows a flagpole in the distance with anU.S. flag standing straight out from a strong wind.](https://terribleideas.me/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/windsock.jpg)
Every morning @5 am, I look out my kitchen window to check this flag. I can see it even at night.
I check for two things.
- Does it look like it does in this photo? (Straight out, wind from the south.)
- Is it a Chinese or Russian flag?
If the answer to both of these questions is no, I proceed with my day as normal and head for the river.