For once, nature cooperated, and there was no hailstorm that evening.
"Women think they can order their lives in a sequence, but sometimes nature doesn't cooperate," she said.
The 2006 vintage will yield 60 cases if nature cooperates.
But nature didn't cooperate, and after a huge earthquake struck in 1773, the capital was moved to Guatemala City.
If nature cooperates, as it has since the growing season began, the vintage will be one of the finest in years.
With many new vineyards beginning to produce in 1998, the potential for another record was there, but nature didn't cooperate.
Given the cost of building huge detectors, scientists are now turning to places where nature will cooperate.
And now the experts fear that it may yet be far worse, the damage staggering, if nature does not cooperate soon.
Even nature cooperated on Thursday evening, with a spectacular blood-red sunset.
This is a natural power, like light and heat, and all nature cooperates with it.