clearing skies

From: Chwee Chua (chwee@stanfordalumni.org-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Fri May 28 2004 - 12:02:12 PDT


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Subject: clearing skies
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Yup.. with the exploratorium cam still down, this link is handy
- http://cbs5.com/cams/
It's still quite overcast in Redwood City, but not as ominous as before...

-c

At 11:42 AM 5/28/2004, Lucian Beebe wrote:

>Over the last 15 minutes, it has just cleared to a blue sky in San
>Francisco. Its happening.
>
>Lucian
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
>[mailto:wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com] On Behalf Of Dave Polzer
>Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:34 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK
>Subject: Re: reply
>
>How about a little bit of positve attitude : ) when it comes to the
>weather... If I have to ride my bike one more day due to this SOUTH
>bs I'm gonna have a fit...
>
>"Probably will blow 30 all night and be calm in the morning."
>
>This could quite possibly send me into a deep deep depression, or
>just add another patch of Poison Oak to my leg : )
>
>Dave P : )
>
>jay runge <jayrunge@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com> wrote:
>
>Gerry, you replied to the whole list again, so you may get a lot of
>interesting answers.
>
>But since you want to talk about the weather...
>
>It is 11 am at the south tip of the bay and it is cloudy, overcast,
>and very still. If it is going to blow 27 this afternoon, things
>better change soon.
>
>Probably will blow 30 all night and be calm in the morning.
>
>jay
>
>Gerald Mountain wrote: > going to third today? > > -----Original
>Message----- > From: jay runge [SMTP:jayrunge@earthlink.net-DeleteThis.com] >
>Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:12 AM > To: Multiple recipients of
>list WIND_TALK > Subject: Windsurfing around the Farallones > > >
>For history, look for an old guy... > > Windsurfer went around the
>farallones in 1980, started from Crissy, > ended at Crissy. A boat
>went with him, but assistance was not required. > I read the story
>years ago, but I couldn't find it today on the Internet > or in my
>piles of forgotten magazines. I did find the obituary of a > sailor
>who died too soon. > > About the Farallones trip - first half (out)
>is not much fun, aailing > hard on the wind with waves coming over
>the bow of the boat. Can be > very wet, foggy, bouncy, pounding.
>But! after you round the islands the > whole thing changes. Strong
>wind coming over the port aft quarter, big > waves to ride. I bet
>the kiters had a blast coming in! (unless the wind > was dead aft,
>might be weird on a kite). > > Kite in from the Farallones?
>Terrific! > > jay > > > Some corrections to this obit. Farallones
>are about 27 miles from the > coast, so round trip is about 54
>miles. Solano is in Albany, not > Oakland. This is from the Brown
>Alumni Magazine. > > Shimon-Craig A. Van Collie '72, of Berkeley,
>Calif.; Feb. 28, of cancer. > He was a writer, sailor, and
>accomplished dancer. He adopted the name > Shimon after a trip to
>Israel in 1975. He published four books on > sailing, tennis, and
>banking, and also wrote more than 700 articles on > subjects ranging
>from sailing to finance to interracial relationships. > In 1972 he
>placed fifth at the U.S. Olympic trials for sailing and in > 1980
>he became the only person to windsurf out to, around, and back from
> > the Farallon Islands (about fifty miles off the California coast);
>he > was raising money to ease world hunger. He was named "king of
>carnival" > and grand marshal of the 1998 Solano Stroll in Oakland,
>Calif. Survivors > include his parents, Ruth and H.A. Van Collie,
>14 Comstock Ln., Wilton, > Conn. 06897; and a son. > > > > > >
>David R. Fielder wrote: > >>Great article and feat! >> >>Seems as
>though with similar planning and support a WS trip might be
>feasible. >> >>Has anyone done that, or are there wind issues (etc)
>that make it a more kite-friendly situation? >> >>Of course,
>hang-time for avoiding Landlord would be a bit less........ >> >>
>David >> >> >> >>>Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 15:53:01 -0700 >>>From:
>Alain Dumesny >>>To: wind_talk >>>Subject: A first -- from
>Farallones to S.F. by kite-boarding >>>Message-ID:
><40B6714D.6010001@macromedia.com-DeleteThis.com> >>> >>> >>>In case you haven't
>seen it... >>>
> >>>http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/27/BAGDV6S72718.DTL
> >>> >>> >>>-------- >>>Alain Dumesny >> >> > >
>
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