Busman wrote:Screw Texas, Wisconsin, AND Florida... So. Cal. where it's 72+/-, sunny, and not humid over 350 days a year.
Kingofpain89 wrote:At least in Texas we can see the horizon most days of the year. The last time I was in So. Cal I couldnt even see the Pacific Ocean from two miles away due to all the damn smog. San Diego was nice. Crappy beaches though. Not that Texas beaches are much better....half of them are still probably covered with patches of oil from the last major oil spill.
jasonw1239 wrote:Arrggghhh!!! Grey text on a grey background. Take pity on my poor old eyes.Since PPP is appealing to "old school" gamers, please keep in mind that some of us don't have the eyesight to read low contrast text.
enshook wrote:Still working the color scheme, but in the meantime, in either Internet Explorer or Firefox you can use the shortcut command of CONTROL++ to increase the font size.
grodog wrote:I thought folks here might be interested in reading the review of BC @ Grognardia (as well as checking out the blog itself, if you weren't already familiar with it): http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/04/ ... -city.html
faro wrote:Excellent blog: why haven't I seen a link to that before?Thanks, gro'.
Jason Braun over on K&K wrote:Howdy folks!Allan gave me a little bump-bump to come pipe in here. I'm happy to report that Rob and I have worked everything out like adults. The art is paid in full as of about 2 weeks ago and I even received my comp copies last week. I'm in frequent contact with Jim Holloway, so I know he's been paid on some old outstanding debts as well.I do appreciate the support, gang.
kevin mayle wrote:What a great turnaround of events!!!
Busman wrote:I think you're confusing marine layer with Smog. Smog doesn't really occur on near the beaches. It's very bad 80 miles in, no doubt, but not 2 miles. I know, I live right around 2 miles from the beach everyday.Oh, and Mike, you'll be happy to know that averages house prices in LA have been dropping, it's only 550k for the average house now! w00t!
Marine layerFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchA marine layer is an air mass which develops over the surface of a large body of water such as the ocean or large lake in the presence of a temperature inversion. The inversion itself is usually initiated by the cooling effect of the water on the surface layer of an otherwise warm air mass. As it cools, the surface air becomes more dense than the warmer air above it, and thus is trapped below it. The layer may thicken through turbulence generated within the developing marine layer itself. It may also thicken if the warmer air above it is lifted by an approaching area of low pressure. The layer will also gradually increase its humidity by evaporation of the ocean surface, as well as by the effect of cooling itself. Fog will form within a marine layer where the humidity is high enough and cooling sufficient to produce condensation. Stratus and stratocumulus will also form at the top of a marine layer in the presence of the same conditions there.In the case of coastal California, the offshore marine layer is typically propelled inland by a pressure gradient which develops as a result of intense heating inland, blanketing coastal communities in cooler air which, if saturated, also contains fog. The fog can last until midday when the heat of the sun is frequently strong enough to evaporate it. An approaching frontal system or trough can also drive the marine layer onshore.A marine layer will disperse and break up in the presence of instability such as may be caused by the passage of frontal system or trough, or any upper air turbulence which reaches the surface. A marine layer can also be driven away by sufficiently strong winds.
Speaking of LA, it was just ranked as the MOST polluted City in the USA. Three of the top five are in California and of those two are along the Coast.
Aneoth wrote:It is SMOG!I lived in San Diego 30 years ago (for four years) and it was famous even then for its unbelievable level of smog. We would sometimes camp out in the low hills east of the city in a state park. From there at ANY time of the day you will see the HUGE nasty looking HEAVY Cloud of smog cloaking the entire city in its deadly embrace. NO matter what season, before a rain, after a rain, DUring the rain, whatever. The smog is always there.It aint marine layer......... or fog.
killjoy32 wrote:back in the '50s / '60s, Liverpool (UK), used to have pretty bad smog. my dad used to be coming back home from work and 50 yards from their house, he couldnt see it!sometimes when he was on a night out on the town, on the way home, you couldnt even see 2 feet in front of your face, it was that bad. they used to make their way home on instinct (and actually get there too!).its nothing like that now. rare you ever get anything like that, so things/times change.Al
If I managed to put together a company to publish books (I've done this before, it ain't no big deal) and called it "Golden Age Publications" or something, are there enough CoC authors and artists out there to support the venture?
