Fog by definition is “vapor condensed to fine particles of water suspended in the lower atmosphere that differs from cloud only in being near the ground”; so essentially a cloud on the ground rather than in the sky – a cloud you can walk through rather than fly though; just a cloud.
The “weather gods” – Zeus and Anemoi, came together today in a perfect form of weather – the great fog of 2008. To pull a line from my late grandmother “I’ve never seen anything like that…in all my life”. When I say perfect weather, can you sense the sarcasm in my voice? The sarcasm defines perfect weather as bad or unpleasant weather that only occurs during non-working hours and enjoyable weather that occurs during working hours. It’s like the perfect storm. Today was no different.
It was raining this morning when I walked my dogs. It stopped as I pulled into my parking space. It was raining when I went to lunch. It stopped as I pulled into my parking space. For the last hour of work all I heard about was this intense fog. INTENSE fog. Of course, just in time for the evening commute; not that I have a very long or difficult commute, but still, just in time. The fog was so thick that I could bear see my hand in front of my face, or the road I was attempting to drive on. SO THICK.
Modern cars have “fog lights”, I guess they did some
research that headlights gave insufficient lighting in foggy conditions. Why not add fog lights – designed specifically for foggy conditions. It makes sense, like intermittent windshield wipers (thanks Robert Kearns). I suppose I’m lucky enough to have fog lamps (as they are called in twenty 08) standard on my Jeep, at least I thought I was lucky enough. Not that I don’t think fog lamps make my Jeep look awesome – either on or off. So tonight, I lost my fog lamp virginity! I pulled the lever that controls my headlights and WHAM – fog lamps! I really thought I was going to be able to see for miles, go speeding by all the other suckers without fog lamps – NOPE! They didn’t do anything – not a thing. I didn’t see anything more; nothing was clearer, brighter or easier. It was still just as hard to drive home, even with my standard fog lamps. The only saving grace in this whole story is I didn’t pay extra from my fog lamps!
The “weather gods” – Zeus and Anemoi, came together today in a perfect form of weather – the great fog of 2008. To pull a line from my late grandmother “I’ve never seen anything like that…in all my life”. When I say perfect weather, can you sense the sarcasm in my voice? The sarcasm defines perfect weather as bad or unpleasant weather that only occurs during non-working hours and enjoyable weather that occurs during working hours. It’s like the perfect storm. Today was no different.
It was raining this morning when I walked my dogs. It stopped as I pulled into my parking space. It was raining when I went to lunch. It stopped as I pulled into my parking space. For the last hour of work all I heard about was this intense fog. INTENSE fog. Of course, just in time for the evening commute; not that I have a very long or difficult commute, but still, just in time. The fog was so thick that I could bear see my hand in front of my face, or the road I was attempting to drive on. SO THICK.
Modern cars have “fog lights”, I guess they did some
research that headlights gave insufficient lighting in foggy conditions. Why not add fog lights – designed specifically for foggy conditions. It makes sense, like intermittent windshield wipers (thanks Robert Kearns). I suppose I’m lucky enough to have fog lamps (as they are called in twenty 08) standard on my Jeep, at least I thought I was lucky enough. Not that I don’t think fog lamps make my Jeep look awesome – either on or off. So tonight, I lost my fog lamp virginity! I pulled the lever that controls my headlights and WHAM – fog lamps! I really thought I was going to be able to see for miles, go speeding by all the other suckers without fog lamps – NOPE! They didn’t do anything – not a thing. I didn’t see anything more; nothing was clearer, brighter or easier. It was still just as hard to drive home, even with my standard fog lamps. The only saving grace in this whole story is I didn’t pay extra from my fog lamps! 
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