Fog Horns in Vancouver?
Posted on October 22, 2006
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Woke up at 5:30 this morning to what sounds like a fog horn but that’s crazy because I’ve never heard it before, it doesn’t look foggy to me (meteorologist that I am), and I’m at N 49 15.5, W 123 07.5* and given that I’m nowhere hear fog-laden waters, that would have to be the loudest, most maddening fog horn ever. It goes off every thirty seconds for four seconds.
I happen to know exactly where I am right because of the awesome Garmin 60CSx currently connected to my laptop, perhaps the best birthday present ever. I could watch the satellite acquisition screen for hours.
(* accuracy reduced to foil the stalkers)
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Those were foghorns. Or possibly just one, navigating the inlet.
I was coming home from a show that morning at about 4:00am and I heard it then. For those unfamiliar with Vancouver geography, Chris and I live south of downtown (he’s further east than I am). If you look at a map, you’ll see downtown is on an island/peninsula, surrounded by False Creek at the bottom, Burrard Inlet at the top, and all of English Bay on the West. It’s not unusual for fog to roll in over the bay and turn downtown (and the West End) into a scene from a 50’s London spy movie. The weird thing about it is that that stops dead over False Creek, leaving us on the south side of FC totally in the clear.
It was an unusual foghorn though, in that it didn’t have the usual two-tones. it was just a long, single tone. (I’d be interested if anyone knows if there’s a significance to that.)
Foghorns are part of life in Vancouver, especially at this time of year when fog is common. You’ll grow to love them. Like the sound of trains in Sasktoon.
Interesting, since I haven’t heard them since. I like the idea though.