Saturday, January 15, 2011

Welcome to Silent Hill

Where I live on the West Coast, the is a phenomenon referred to as the 'Barber'. An extremely thick mist which descends and fills the entire valley. The overall effect of this is something reminiscent of a Silent Hill game and which results in pedestrians being only able to see 10m in any direction.

Literally this bad...

I was walking the bridge from town to my house and for a few minutes i couldn't see either side of it. Its a really creepy experience and one not many people get as 'Katabatic Winds' only occur in a few places worldwide. As i understand, it is known in Antarctica, Oroshi (Japan), Santa Ana (CA) and over the Adriatic Sea. But none of these so much as in Greymouth as Wikipedia points out.

"In the mist, the eyes of the devil shine out the brighter"

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