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Re: Fun with Chinooks
Posted By: gabby, on host 206.64.3.190
Date: Monday, November 20, 2000, at 21:55:33
In Reply To: Re: Fun with Chinooks posted by Kaz! on Monday, November 20, 2000, at 21:48:13:

> > Chinook winds? I believe that is Ojibway for "snow eater." I think of them as occurring mostly in the spring. If I remember my science text correctly, they are the result of compressional heating as the cool air flows down the mountain, on the lee side.
> > Howard
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> Yep, that sounds pretty much correct. I can't verify that it was an Ojibway word, but I'll take your word on it because I know it's some Indian word that means "snow eater". In Edmonton, we get the occasional Chinook from the Rockies in the winter months ....
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> -Ka"After a while, you get used to the cold"z!

I was expecting a post about fish. We get the occasional Chinook from the river, and they taste good.

"gabby"

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