Re: OR: MB 7/25/2003

From: Jeff Crilly (jlc@No-Spam)
Date: Sat Jul 26 2003 - 15:23:19 MST

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    > On the drive down, it was clear that there really was valley fog. It was a
    > near-repeat of last summer's famous "Black Cloud" night. On that occasion,
    > Leonard Tramiel, James Turley, and I were at MB when it got really dark. On
    > the way down, the Silicon Valley was gone. I mean GONE. Leonard and I
    > actually turned on the radio to see if there had been a power outage. But
    > it was just cloud. Last night was nearly the same. If only the transparency
    > had been a bit better up at MB, it would have been killer. That's my
    > ultimate dream - Shingletown skies at Montebello. One of these nights...

    For me, I was under that fog (in the backyard). Around 1am it got
    somewhat overcast. I packed it in, and a big sucker hole opened
    up, with what looked like even better transparency than earlier.

    I figured it might have been pretty good up at MB.

    jeff



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