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Old 12-20-2006, 10:36 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Early this morning, on my way to work, about 6:00 am, I have heard on the radio that we have a rare pogonip event. A pogonip is a cloud of frozen fog that are composed of tiny needle like ice crystals. I don't how my bananas are going to handle this but for humans, it can injure the lungs. This was reported by the national weather service to occur in Sacramento Airport and vicinities and could include some areas of Davis. I have my car inside the garage and perhaps was not exposed to this and haven't checked it until I arrived at the office.

From the Farmer's weather almanac: "The word pogonip is a meteorological term used to describe an uncommon occurrence - frozen fog. The word was coined by Native Americans to describe the frozen fogs of fine ice needles that occur in the mountain valleys of the western United States and Canada. According to their tradition, breathing the fog is injurious to the lungs."

My bananas have no lungs but they could freeze out there, cover or no cover...
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