The laws governing climatic conditions are very strict here, Bonnie.
Snow must be kept up in the mountains where people can play in it, but is banned down in the cities where folks have to get to work and shop. Rain is forbidden between May 1st and November 1st, so the citizenry can enjoy a proper summer.
All fog on the Bay must be dissipated by noon so as not to interfere with sailing in the afternoons, when the wind is turned on. And, out of deference to the large tax base of sailors in the coastal cities, the sailing season was long ago extended throughout the entire year.
Honestly, with all of the civic activism New Yorkers are famous for, I don't know why you don't lean on your legislature a little harder to do something about the ghastly conditions you must endure.
Nice frog!
I have also heard that the wind, once turned on, blows down the bay towards the Golden Gate Bridge until an hour at which reasonable day sailors might wish to return to their marinas, when it obligingly turns about & blows back up the bay. Any truth to that?
Not quite. What you describe would be a wind shift, and we all know how inconvenient they are. You have to break off in the middle of a pleasant conversation to change trim or course. And everyone would have to change direction at the same time.
What they've worked out is much more ingenious. The wind direction is kept constant, but gradually increased throughout the day. You beat into it until you reach your comfort level, then turn around and run home as they continue to crank it up.
With all the lawyers in the legislature, it's amazing they got this right.
Thanks for the nod, Bonnie. My recent trip to San Francisco was my first trip to another major after moving to NYC almost two years ago. Though I had been to San Francisco twice before, it seemed a lot smaller this time than before.
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