Re: Incoming!

2008-12-22 Thread Doug Pensinger
Speaking of wind, I ran across an odd phenomenon while backpacking in the Sierra Nevada something close to twenty years ago. The wind actually came in waves; it would start out at a low velocity and continue to build over a period of something like 30 seconds at which point it was howling. Then

Re: Incoming!

2008-12-22 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Dec 22, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: > >> My favorite, though, is the suspended fog layer a couple of feet or >> so >> off the ground and only a few inches thick. Those only form when >> there is *no* wind, at all, and usually aren't vi

RE: Incoming!

2008-12-22 Thread Gary Nunn
Julia wrote... > seriously, there are rabbits in the area, and I'm vaguely > phobic about rabbits Have you ever seen the B movie "Night of the Lepus"? Quite possibly the worst movie of all-time. Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/lis

Re: Incoming!

2008-12-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Julia wrote: > >> (I live on a ridge. There seems to be no such thing as "no wind" at my >> house. If I went to the ravine on our property, I might find "no wind", >> but I'm a little nervous about critters. If there's a vorpal bunny >> anywhere i

Re: Incoming!

2008-12-22 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia wrote: > (I live on a ridge. There seems to be no such thing as "no wind" at my > house. If I went to the ravine on our property, I might find "no wind", > but I'm a little nervous about critters. If there's a vorpal bunny > anywhere in the area, it's going to be there.) What, you don'

Re: Incoming!

2008-12-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: > My favorite, though, is the suspended fog layer a couple of feet or so > off the ground and only a few inches thick. Those only form when > there is *no* wind, at all, and usually aren't visible unless you see > them almost edge-on. They don't ever