My friend Doug Jackson (The Old Man from Scene 24), linked on the right, offered a nice post about a storm in Corpus Christi last weekend. It inspired me to write this.
The affect of wind upon humans is, of course, dependent upon which direction we are moving, not which direction the wind is blowing. A few Mondays ago I rode a strong southerly from Key West to Boca Grande Key on the bow of a 68 foot sail boat. It was smooth and exhilirating.
The same southerly blew in hard rain and nasty swells sometimes reaching 8-10 ft the as we sailed back the next day. It made me a lurching belly of sea sickness like I’ve never known.
Same wind, blowing the same direction. Different effect based upon my heading.
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