This is a picture captured on my dashcam yesterday on the Isle of Lewis on the way home from Grimshader. It's an unusual scene for Lewis. Do you know why?
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Friday, 24 February 2017
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The smoke is going straight upwards. Usually smoke on these islands goes at an angle or worse still horizontally!
ReplyDeleteJust my luck, Spesh, that you are the first to comment!
DeleteI was thinking it must be something to do with the smoke, but didn't know what... Next time I looked, Spesh's comment had been added ;)
ReplyDeleteI think Monica, the problem for the mind is that it's not that unusual in many parts of the world or even the UK.
DeleteLet me think for a moment...oh, yes...the smoke is going straight up, not at an angle, or worse still, horizontally! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Lee: just like the rain usually falls - or tries to.
Deletewell the answer is here now so my guess is redundant but i thought it was because only one chimney has smoke
ReplyDeleteOddly, Kylie, I would guess that houses in the Western Isles often keep the 'living room' fire for comfort and even warmth and some will have a Rayburn stove but the other chimney(s) will be blocked up.
DeleteI thought it was the trees.
ReplyDeleteNowadays Meike many rural houses have trees around them although this one does have more than most.
DeleteI like the Librarian's suggestion. I'll be watching for your next post to see who's right.
ReplyDelete40 years ago Red there would have been few trees around houses but now there are more but smoke still rarely goes straight up.
DeleteSo in a high pressure air mass smoke rises straight up but with wind not so. so you get lots of wind.
Deletei think you'd gave to get up pretty early to get one past Pat, Graham.
ReplyDeleteI'd never even try it Pauline.
DeleteHa,ha, Pat knows the wind on the Isle of Lewis! :-)
ReplyDeleteShe does indeed, Kay, and they still have a living room fire in addition to their central heating.
DeleteLooks like you got lost on the way home :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's a good job I didn't, Andrea, or I'd have missed your talk.
DeleteI thought it must be coal smoke but after reading the comments I know what the answer is!
ReplyDeleteJenny the coal smoke (as compared with peat smoke I presume) is something that hadn't occurred to me. It might well also be correct but wouldn't now be unusual: very little peat is cut these days.
DeleteIs it that there is a tiny suggestion of blue sky or is it that there's a silverback gorilla called Nigel peeping out from his hiding place in the trees - just to the left of the house?
ReplyDeleteWhat an eagle eye you have YP. There is a suggestion of blue sky but not enough to make a sailor a pair of trousers.
DeleteI wondered about the smoke but wouldn't have guessed what it was about the smoke.
ReplyDeleteLiz I think you have to live in a really windy place to appreciate the very occasional still hour or two.
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