There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard and Bragg, And the south wind blew hard on That Ragged Old Flag."
VOA: special.2010.07.02
The tide has changed and a southwind forces me to land this particular day on the shore near the Tomales Bay Oyster Company, which sits across the water from Inverness.
Usually, the prevailing south-westerly wind would take the ash cloud away from Europe and over the polar region, but a high-pressure area is bringing it over Europe, where it is sitting and barely moving as the ash spreads.