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San Francisco sci-fi...location help needed!!
WizardJay:
--- Quote from: arianne on May 21, 2011, 10:58:17 AM ---Funny how you never see the fog in Hollywood movies on San F ;D
And, um, when you say FOGGY, do you mean, "Jim, I can't see my fingers in front of my face?" or more like, "There is a mist about your person?"
I'm worried that the weather conditions might not be as good as I thought it was (grrr Hollywood for misleading me). Most of the action in the book happens at night, though, so maybe by then things will have cleared up and it will merely be a little chilly and a little misty?
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Probably because fog is an impossible to control factor in filming. And it depends. Sometimes, it's just a generic fog around the whole city, other times visibility is down to about a thousand feet. If it helps, the fog is usually an early morning thing, burning off as the sun rises, though it can last for a while. So, it's not tule fog bad, but it can be VERY bad. We only get it a few times a year down here in Redwood City, so I've got some experience with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_fog
Here, have some cool pictures.
I actually have been in a fog almost bad enough to not be able to see too far in front of me. The problem was that I was on the freeway. Not a pleasant experience to basically see a big lump of fog then FOOMP everything's white and you can't see a thousand feet in front of you.
arianne:
Oooh, pretty fog!!
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Okay, never mind *blushes*
It sounds like my night clubbing tale will not have a problem then....well, unless it rains.
Fog on the freeway has got to be THE scariest thing in the world...how did you get out? Or did you just stop and wait for it to fade? Or something?
WizardJay:
--- Quote from: arianne on May 21, 2011, 02:30:54 PM ---Oooh, pretty fog!!
???
Okay, never mind *blushes*
It sounds like my night clubbing tale will not have a problem then....well, unless it rains.
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Nope, you should be okay. Unless something exceptional is going on, of course.
--- Quote ---Fog on the freeway has got to be THE scariest thing in the world...how did you get out? Or did you just stop and wait for it to fade? Or something?
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Slow down, lights on, and drive very cautiously.
arianne:
Just wondering if San Fran buildings have fire escapes, or if I'm channeling NY...?
Also, are there such things as boardwalks? I'm thinking of setting a scene in a boardwalk like place, but I guess it could just a street with a few vendors or something too. ;D
MouseWynne:
I think most apartment buildings in the US have fire escapes certainly the newer buildings in San Francisco
have them....
There's no boardwalk as such in S.F but Fisherman's wharf and the Embarcadero district
comes pretty close - It has street vendors, shops, Ghiradelli Square (the old Ghiradelli
chocolate factory which is now a mall type place) the Wax museum, and all kinds of
other businesses. They are all pretty much on the south side of the street - the north side
is the bay and various piers and docks.
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