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31/01/2011 3:33 pm
Hello, all. I am stopped in fog at White Castle, LA, about 40 miles below Baton Rouge. We stopped last night about 6:30, visibility about 150 feet. It's still that bad at 9:30 a.m. even though the sun is out and it's a very nice 63 degrees.
Fog in January and February can be notoriously thick and persistent here, sometimes not clearing for 3 days or sometimes longer. This plays h*ll with scheduling as some of you may even have experienced riding the steamboats. We can work around nature and sometimes use technology to cheat nature, but make no mistake, nature is in control. This fog likely won't completely clear until a cold front comes through sometime tomorrow.
31/01/2011 5:34 pm
Welcome To The " Fog Zone " !
Greetings From New Orleans !
Capt. Bob , you are absolutely right about the fog and we as mariners down here , in what many of us not so affectionately refer to as the " Fog Zone " ! I am not sure if it is especially bad due to the fact of our proximity to the relative warm waters of the GUlf Of Mexico and the prevaleing south and east winds that bring it in or from all the Hot Air that eminates out of mouths of the politicians from Baton Rouge !
I remember Capt. Tate's comments when they installed the first radar on the Str. Delta Queen , " now the company will expect us to run in the fog " , and he was right ! Fortunately for now , most companies do not expect that from their Captains and Pilots and thanks to the Coast Guard for that !
Go Figure and once again welcome to the " Fog Zone " !
Smooth Sailing !
Ted Davisson
Bob Reynolds;24467 wrote: Hello, all. I am stopped in fog at White Castle, LA, about 40 miles below Baton Rouge. We stopped last night about 6:30, visibility about 150 feet. It's still that bad at 9:30 a.m. even though the sun is out and it's a very nice 63 degrees.
Fog in January and February can be notoriously thick and persistent here, sometimes not clearing for 3 days or sometimes longer. This plays h*ll with scheduling as some of you may even have experienced riding the steamboats. We can work around nature and sometimes use technology to cheat nature, but make no mistake, nature is in control. This fog likely won't completely clear until a cold front comes through sometime tomorrow.
01/02/2011 2:50 pm
Shucks, Bob, up here in Kentucky farmers cut the fog into blocks and store them in ice-houses for irrigation use in next summer's drought.