It's a variation of the Boy Scout method of weather forecasting.
>
>What, dangerous ? Standing in the street right outside my low rise
>apartment block. It was quite a sensation to be outside as the wind
>approached and slowed, blowing in one direction, to then experience the
>dead calm and then to feel the wind pick up blowing in the other
>direction. Actually, smoking was wise because the rising smoke was a
>good wind indicator :-)
>
>
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>>> In August 1971 Typhoon Rose came straight over Hong Kong delivering wind
>>> gusts as high as 170mph. I remember standing outside for about 15
>>> minutes in the eye of the storm. The air was motionless. Cigarette smoke
>>> curled upwards without disturbance. An hour later one would be blown
>>> over in the wind. Vehicles were tossed around like confetti.
>>
>> John, that was a VERY dangerous and reckless thing to do.
>>
>> You know smoking is dangerous.
>>
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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