At 10:13 AM Saturday 12/20/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
>On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> >> If the forecasts are correct by this time tomorrow I will need to dig
> >> out the winter gear again . . . though at least the week of
> >> almost-constant rain will be ending . . .
> >
> > Aaaaand -- according to my local forecast, a cold front is coming
> > through
> > sometime between this afternoon and tomorrow morning.
> >
> > I wish it would just make up its mind what temperature it's going to
> > be....
> >
> >       Julia



Still in the 60s here, though I've already closed 
the windows.  Expected to be in the upper 30s by 
morning, and maybe as low as 20 (°F, for Alberto, 
et. al.) Monday or Tuesday morning . . .



>And the day or two of fog we get after each cold front is only
>entertaining up to a point.



Fog?  Yep, we've been having that, too . . .



>The effect an actual "dense fog" has on
>people's driving behavior in Texas has to be seen to be believed.



The worst fog I have ever seen was one night 
between Windsor and Toronto, where literally all 
that was visible was a few feet of the road right 
in front of the car.  And all the natives were flying by at 70 or 75 mph . . .



>(They can mostly deal with rain, up to a point.  Snow or ice, forget
>it. :)



I suspect that it's worse in Utah the first time 
it snows.  Apparently over the summer everyone 
forgets how to drive in snow.  At least here it's 
rare enough that people treat it as unusual and 
take more care.  Also, when snow is likely 
schools cancel class and other things shut down 
so there are fewer people trying to get through 
it (though for the women who go into labor during 
the storm and need to get to the hospital on the top of the hill . . . )

And to tie-in to another thread:  that is one of 
the times people around here rely on their TV-band radios . . .


. . . ronn!  :)



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