[Paddlewise] fog

hi,

i've paddled a bit in fog... early morning river stuff... yet the occasional
bass boat blows by at high speeds. sound is sufficient warning that i am way
up on a bank when they pass by.

another time i saw/heard a cargo ship passing over a short span of tunnel on
the south end of the Chesapeake Bay bridge/tunnel near Norfolk, VA. As that
ship headed towards the harbor, a Navy sub came out of the fog and headed
for the sea.

so all that gets me to thinking about crossing shipping channels in fog...
and i suppose that a really bad situation would be for two ships to be
passing by. that could be a very nasty situation if a kayaker thought that
it was but one ship.

what other strange things should we think about with respect to crossing
shipping lanes in fog?

bye bye bliven



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