Dragaera

Overcast

Thu Jul 17 21:34:19 PDT 2003

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:38:19 -0400, you wrote:

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>lazarus wrote:
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>>On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:51:27 -0700, you wrote:
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>>>At 10:43 AM 7/17/2003 -0400, Alexx S Kay wrote:
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>>>>For years, the winter nights in Boston have reminded me of the Overcast.
>>>>Hey Steve, was it actually based on/inspired by this real-world
>>>>phenomenon, or is the similarity just coincidence?
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>>>>
>>>Hmmm.  Ever been in San Diego at night during an inversion?
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>>So that's where I got that weird feeling when I saw my first
>>inversion.  The first time I saw one, my wife had to explain it to me,
>>I thought it was smog or something.
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>What's an inversion?
>
>Jose

It's when warm air is on the bottom and cold air is on the top.  At
the barrier, a weird sort of cloud/fog/smog barrier manifests.


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lazarus

"Folly it may seem," said Haldir. "Indeed, in nothing is the power 
of the Dark Lord more clearly shown than in the estrangement that 
divides all those who still oppose him." -- J.R.R. Tolkien