Topical Guide 534
Mark Dorset
Physical Phenomena: Waves
Reservations Recommended, Chapter 6:
He can’t see the new arrivals the moment they enter, because the door is hidden from him, but he can observe the reactions to their arrivals. Each brings a gust of cold air, and Matthew can see its effect on the people at the bar. As the draft advances, heads turn toward the door. There’s a delay, a rippling effect, like the effect of a breeze on a field of grass or, Matthew supposes, on a field of wheat, though he has never seen a field of wheat.
Or, suggests BW, like that annoying wave people produce at football games when they are bored by the game itself or simply overcome by an irresistible need to act in mindless concert with other yahoos.
[Or, I might add, a gravitational wave. MD]
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