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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Cities in darkness
Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:00:30 GMT
From:   [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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Johnstown, PA is in a fairly steep valley.  I wasn't there in winter
but I could see that it would be easily prone to flooding.  I'm
guessing there's fairly early sunset and late sunrise in winter.

Joe McCollum
(native of Canonsburg, PA)
FIA
Knoxville TN


-- Maps-L <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello all,

Perhaps some of you heard the story recently on NPR about the village
in
Italy that was cast in shadow for a significant portion of the winter.
The mayor (or whomever) installed a rather large mirror on the
hilldside
to catch the sunlight and cast some sun into the valley so the village
wouldn't be entirely in the dark for all of the winter. (the story can
be found here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?
storyId=6645729)

Does anyone know of a place in the US that might be in a similar
situation?

Thanks for your help.

Angie

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