John Winters wrote: > > I got to thinking this morning after getting a Bliven post in which he > chided me about my sling psychrometer and the dangers to nearby paddlers > who might not be wearing their hard hats. [great fog stories snipped] > How many of you paddle where fog can be a problem? I do. > How many of you know that you paddle where fog can be a problem? I do. > How many of you carry a sling psychrometer in your boat. If you do not have > sling psychrometer do you carry an accurate hygrometer, a thermometer and > the dew point charts? Don't -- radiation fog is a minor issue where I paddle -- the main fog hazard is "sea fog" generated by an onshore-bound air mass, altered by passing over upwelling waters off the coast of Vancouver Island. > Do you know how and why fog forms? Yup. And I trust the weather radio to warn me when there is a strong likelihood of "sea fog" -- kind I need to worry about. When it's mega-thick, I don't paddle either. If I get caught in it, I want to know how to get from open water to a safe beach. Great fog stories, John. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 12 1998 - 07:36:23 PDT
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