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Wayne Watson <[log in to unmask]>
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Nuts! I thought I was the only person on the planet to own a copy. :-) I
just found it, and haven't looked at it for some time. I'll take a look
and check out Ned's site. What's IMHOP? Oh, "In my ..." Never seen it
with a P, but Google has.

Reagan Cole wrote:
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> One of my favorites is Schafer & Day's "Peterson's Field Guide To The Atmosphere"
> There are some good table top demos of "Why is the sky blue", "How to preserve snowflakes for future examination"
> and whirlpools, tornadoes and fire tornadoes.  There are also some great photographic skyscapes and explanations
> of all sorts of atmospheric phenomena, rainbows, moon bows, lenticular clouds and the ordinary everyday
> assortment of cumulus, stratus and cirrus clouds.
> An interesting thing to ponder re: viable science center exhibits is the difference between the S&D tornadoes and 
> Ned Kahn's fabulous indoor tornadoes http://www.nedkahn.com/fog.html#tornado My current employer owns one of these 
> eand it is perennially popular with all ages of visitors.  IMHOP it would bery difficult to improve upon.  J would 
> add that the typical design committee acting on S&D would be very unlikely to produce anything near as interesting
> as Ned's exhibits. Buy a good exhibit from a good artist and you won't be let down!
>
> Reagan Cole
> Exhibits Engineer
> NC Museum of Life and Science
> Durham, NC
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           Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

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