Fog...As Experienced from a Lightship

Of all the scourge of the sea, fog is by far the most contemptible. On the lightship LV 5114 [BUZZARDS Lightship Station near Cape Cod, MA] sailors learned to distrust fog more than the dreaded southwest wind - detested its influx. It was an unwelcome visitor. It became a hated arch-enemy. Most preferred the hoisting of storm warnings to the invasion of fog, which was cursed more than any other single object, condition or person. There are several types of fog, several known causes for its formation and various reasons why it was so unpopular. First, then, let us deal with types of fog.