The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California), Vol. 2 of 2: Its Rivers and Its Mountains, Its Canyons and Its Springs, Its Life and Its History, Pictured and Described, Including an Account of a Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colo
The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California), Vol. 2 of 2: Its Rivers and Its Mountains, Its Canyons and Its Springs, Its Life and Its History, Pictured and Described, Including an Account of a Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colo
Excerpt from The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California), Vol. 2 of 2: Its Rivers and Its Mountains, Its Canyons and Its Springs, Its Life and Its History, Pictured and Described, Including an Account of a Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colorado River to the Mysterious Salton Sea The other factor he presents as follows: Any one who has re sided a few years in the Los Angeles and San Bernardino valleys cannot have failed to notice and execrate the baf ing west wind that so often breaks up the ...
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Excerpt from The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California), Vol. 2 of 2: Its Rivers and Its Mountains, Its Canyons and Its Springs, Its Life and Its History, Pictured and Described, Including an Account of a Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colorado River to the Mysterious Salton Sea The other factor he presents as follows: Any one who has re sided a few years in the Los Angeles and San Bernardino valleys cannot have failed to notice and execrate the baf ing west wind that so often breaks up the storm-current from which refreshing rain is hoped. A southeaster sets in, blows for several days, clouds gather loweringly upon the mountains, and the parched earth waits for the cooling shower. But suddenly the storm-drift checks, the west wind comes rushing in, there is an angry commo tion in the upper air, and the clouds, baf ed and beaten, are driven back, carrying with them their precious moisture, through the mountain passes to the interior. This especially happens in the evening, the time for the full strength of the daily sea-breeze, and so repeatedly that the plaintive remark is often heard, If only our rain-current will continue until the turn of the evening, we shall escape the west wind, and then we are certain of another day's rain.' What is the cause of this interruption Simply this: back of those mountains is the desert. All day it is beating up with the sun. When afternoon comes, it is probably 40??? hotter than the ocean on the west. Then the cold sea air rushes in through every break in the mountain chain, to take the place of this ratified atmosphere, 'f0rcing back with it the clouds, whose moisture is quickly dissipated by the scorching breath of'the sands. So con stant and powerful is this wind-current that the trees in the San Gorgonio Pass are all blown from the perpendicular, and slant toward the east. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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