F.U.B.A.R.

F.U.B.A.R. (Fogged Up Beyond All Recognition)
by Simone Wilson

The Golden Gate is one of the foggiest spots on the California Coast. When the Marin hills and even the city itself is clear, fog still pours in the mouth of the bay, obscuring the bridge and sometimes the headlands. (That's why European explorers never discovered San Francisco Bay from the sea; they stumbled on it coming overland in 1769.)
In a reversal of normal weather, winter days are often the clearest, with fog obscuring the coast on summer days. Warm temperatures inland draw the fog onto the shore and through the Golden Gate.
When it's really foggy, rangers block Conzelman Road at the junction with McCullough, closing the road to Hawk Hill and the steep section just beyond it. To find out if fog prevails, call the Marin Headlands Visitor Center, 415/331-1540.

	The Golden Gate is one of the foggiest spots on the California Coast. When the Marin hills and even the city itself is clear, fog still pours in the mouth of the bay, obscuring the bridge and sometimes the headlands. (That's why European explorers never discovered San Francisco Bay from the sea; they stumbled on it coming overland in 1769.) In a reversal of normal weather, winter days are often the clearest, with fog obscuring the coast on summer days. Warm temperatures inland draw the fog onto the shore and through the Golden Gate. When it's really foggy, rangers block Conzelman Road at the junction with McCullough, closing the road to Hawk Hill and the steep section just beyond it. To find out if fog prevails, call the Marin Headlands Visitor Center, 415/331-1540.

Albion Monitor November 14, 1995 (http://www.monitor.net/monitor)

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F.U.B.A.R. (Fogged Up Beyond All Recognition)

by Simone Wilson

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