On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:28:11 -0700, "gatt"
wrote:


"Geoffrey Barnes" wrote in message news:2usWc.1623$Y%3

But I didn't think of that at the time, and I
wasn't convinced that I could stay legal if someone in authority decided
that pillar of vapor coming from the steel plant constituted a "cloud".

I don't know, but during my PPL training, pre-solo departing Troutdale, OR,
we flew through a papermill steam cloud over Camas, WA. Instant karma; had
us both gagging.

It's just steam from one of those places that make the clean white
paper. Breathe deep now! :-))

I was out fishing near the north end of a small lake (couple square
miles) that had a paper mill on the south end. The wind changed and I
found myself straight down wind from the mill. Whew!
They do use a lot of sulphur in paper manufacturing.
Good old Hydrogen Sulphide.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
-c