Re: (SNES) Advanced Technology Development at FDO

[Albireo54@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/13/2002 6:28:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, les11@cox.net 
writes:


>  Most of you remember the AR-14 Cloud Dispersal Unit.  Although it
> bore a superficial resemblance to an attack helicopter turned turtle, it
> represented the first serious attempt at allowing unimpeded clear skies for
> amateurs.  We regret that its side effects (tornadoes, small animals sucked
> into the up draft, the unfortunate loss of aircraft in the area, etc.)
> rendered it of limited utility.                                             
>                                   

Hi Les,

Little did we know that using your the AR-14 Cloud Dispersal Unit, so 
effective at clearing away cloud banks (along with just about everything else 
in the atmosphere) would result in a follow-up problem. Yep, blasting those 
clouds away allowed radiational cooling, and on summer nights that means just 
one thing: FOG!

So the genesis and refinement of your "jumbo hair dryer" certainly comes as 
good news. In the interest of our collective life and limb it may have to be 
stationed on a barge a few miles offshore, but that will be only a minor 
inconvenience. We'll just have to be sure it doesn't get turned around and 
pointed at Block Island - the partygoers out there rely on regular fogs as an 
excuse not to head back to the mainland after dark!

Last night here in Florida we sure could have used both of your inventions. I 
went outside with high hopes at 3:30 AM. Quite delightful, really. 75 
degrees, calm, peaceful. But also about 95% overcast. So there was no decent 
Perseid viewing down here either, darn it all.

I haven't seen many reports from elsewhere in the USA yet,  but maybe 
somebody got lucky.

God luck with additional test runs the next foggy night! 

:o)
Doug Stewart
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