People we knew were due to arrive in Nantucket this evening and others had tickets to leave to go back to their busy lives in New York. Mother nature had other plans. Fog forms when an ideal humidity, such as the 100% we have tonight, and temperature, in this case 67 degrees, get together. This thick fog kept all flights from landing and taking off. We came out of the Brotherhood of Thieves restaurant at about 9:30 and it felt like rain was falling. the sidewalks were wet and you could hear and feel the heavy drops of water. I offered to take our dinner companions back to their place since we had our car and because "it was raining." But it wasn't raining. The fog was so thick that it had condensed on the trees and dropped in large "rain" drops. Another Nantucket lesson learned along with "never take a late flight in or out if you can avoid it. It seems that fog, like a vampire, hates sunshine. So, fly at mid day.
There is no place on earth that does not have the inconveniences of weather interfering with travel. It is either a snow storm, or a hurricane, or fog. In Florida, we never plan a Caribbean cruise during the Hurricane season. Speaking of the "H" season... the predictions in recent years have been way off. We had no significant hurricanes even though they predicted many. In fact the whole weather pattern is off. We had a terribly cold winter this year and many of our plants froze to death. Totally, unexpected. The fog in Nantucket, expected and part of living here. A person just has to make adjustments. That's why they call this island the Gray Lady. Or it could be named after a local beer.
"...things were looking fuzzy to him."
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