The Foehn effect is a meteorological phenomenon. Air forced over a mountain range releases moisture on the windward side, then descends leeward as a warm, dry, gusty wind. In layman’s terms, this creates a ‘refrigerator effect’ on one side, and a ‘hairdryer effect’ on the other. For various reasons I was compelled to attend a church service with Mary, and I listened to a sermon about Jonah boarding the ship to Tarshish, intent on fleeing the presence of the Lord. As I settled down by the fire that evening, I heard the Wiltshire weatherman prophesy a further 40 days of rainfall. Now I too wanted to flee from the wrath of our Maker. So I persuaded Mary to come with me in search of some much-needed hairdryer effect, available only a four-hour flight away. But, as it turned out, we were not to be spared the punishments visited on our...
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