-------- Original Message -------- 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]> To: [log in to unmask] 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 .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._ Angie Cope American Geographical Society Library UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] (414)229-6282 / (800)558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) / (414)229-3624 (FAX) .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._