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Calcified Mountains & Translucent Film
R. Alex Whitlock
There were two strange things that happened this morning.
The first is that there appears to be some calcification on the mountains. Just as calcified teeth start having white spots on them, the mountains have this weird white growth along the top - except unlike the white on yellow teeth, it looks more impressive on green mountains. I recall seeing them when I got here and checked the paper regularly to see if there were any articles on this strange phenomenon, but I found none. They went away before too long and I didn't think anything of them until they reappeared this morning. Oddly, they were gone by the time I drove home.
The second oddity was on my car when I got ready to drive to work. There was this translucent film covering the windshield of my car. At first I thought it was ice, as that would occasionally happen in Houston, but then I remembered that it's September and so that wasn't possible. Oddly, it was as cold as ice and I found that using a credit card to scrape it worked effectively just as it had with ice in Houston.
Whatever it was, a running engine made it receed into nothingness.
I checked the local newspaper today on news of this phenomenon, but found none. I guess, like the
white rain and cold sand, people just adjust to these bizarre geological occurences.
It must have something to do with lingering fallout from the
nuclear accident. It's probably not in the papers because of a cover-up.
Observations
Alex,
remember, you've crossed north of the 40th parallel.
You actually get SEASONS now. And "Fall", as you are about to be in, entails the occasional morning freeze, ice, snow, and all those other wonderful things.
If you're not used to it, I suggest dressing warmly.
:)
Maybe it's aliens. Or the CIA. Are those two different things? Oh oh, I know - a sugar factory must have exploded.
Alex, dear -- willful ignorance is NOT attractive. Just accept the fact that you live in a place where it SNOWS and there's FROST on your car in the morning. :P :)
The day will come when I will run out of alternate explanations. Until that day, I refuse to believe.
It may not be attractive, but it sure is fun :)
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