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Re: An unusual Oscilloscope phenomenon

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From: John Larkin
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:53
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:24:03 -0700 (PDT), "miso@sushi.com"
<miso@sushi.com> wrote:

>On Jun 26, 4:15�pm, John Larkin
><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:22:22 GMT, ehsjr <eh...@NOSPAMverizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >John Larkin wrote:
>>
>> ><snip>
>>
>> >> A couple of times I've been up on Twin Peaks and there was a sharply
>> >> defined fog layer below. Only a couple of big buildings poke through,
>> >> and a few plumes from power plants and such.
>>
>> >> Sometimes the sun gets under the fog at sunrise/sunset. Cool.
>>
>> >>ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/Kit1.JPG
>>
>> >Wow. You're making me drool.
>>
>> But a lot of the time we look out the kitchen window and see a wall of
>> fog.
>>
>> John
>
>I got this brilliant idea a few decades ago to watch the 4th of July
>fireworks from Twin Peaks. Bad idea. The place is full of yahoos
>shooting off their own fireworks. Should a fire break out, you are
>screwed.
>

Fireworks are usually silly here. Fizz, boom, a dull flash of color in
the fog.

>I did watch the Oakland Hill fire from Twin Peaks. I kid you not,
>there was a group singing the Grateful Dead's "Fire on the Mountain",
>over and over....

The fire was awesome. From Diamond Heights, looking across the bay, it
looked like the whole east side was on fire. Above the Clairemont
Hotel was a huge ball of fire with a black center... it looked like
the Gates of Hell.

John
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Subject: Re: An unusual Oscilloscope phenomenon
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