Lodi : Because the weather counts

[cifa 7]

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Hi everyone !

This is not my first attempt at city journals, i've made one long time ago, but this time I came up with something a bit different...

MY CITY, LODI

The region is based on the classic SAN FRANCISCO REGION, the original one you can find in the game ! The only cheat used is the one for the money, that comes from the famous " money tree " you can find on the stex. I've decided to use the less mods I can, as far as I am playing SC4 in a kind of not-so-fast laptop computer :.....

The Name of the city ( LODI ) comes from an Italian city situated in Lombardia, but i have no intention to re-create the italian LODI here in simcity4. It is just a name...

Now, let's spend two words about the history of the city...Lodi has been renamed " the city of the Weather " because of the particular attention given to the study of the meteorology in the town. There are rumors that the city was founded ,at its origins, by a groups of researchers that for a necessity of settlement planned the construction of the city. Many people say that the entire city is part of a test, a kind of secret experiment that someone is planning to study the weather...and to control it. The idea that the Human being can control the nature is very tempting, and here in lodi there are many people afraid that, one day, someone will be able to control the weather and to overpower the nature...

Anyway at the moment, noone know the truth, everything is covered by a kind of mistery and no-one have certainties ...The mayor, when asked about this subject, always gave superficial and vague answers...

In the next and following updates I will show you the city of lodi with its misteries and its oddities , its good and its bad sides and who knows, maybe we will find something ... for now, i leave you with the regional view of the entire region ( click to enlarge ) ...and...well...i hope to see someone in the following updates : D

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[Schulmanator 5,787]

Cool. Welcome to the world of CJs. I look forward to more.

[cifa 7]

Hi Schulmanator Thanks for your reply ! I hope you will like this

UPDATE N.2 : LODI'S RADAR TOWER

Welcome back...well, not a very good start for the first update eh? But well, let's see if this second update can shake the situation a bit...

In this Update we will visit the main city of the region, LODI ... It is a small city, of about 30k inhabitants... very quiet, green, and quite clean, the mayor has put much efforts in order to protect the natural enviroment of this piece of land...But, as we mentioned before, there is something strange concerning the weather. There is one thing, in particular, that seems planned exactly in order to study the weather...

What is this?? It is a huge DOPPLER RADAR - TOWER built right on the top of a hill between the suburbs of the city ( UH, it was rainy there XD ) ... But what is this strange building exactly, and what does it do?? A doppler radar is a particular object that beams microwave signals up in the sky. When this signal goes towards clouds, part of these microwaves are sent back into the ground. By analyzing the frequency and the amount of radiations sent back, this particular radar can give an accurate image of the situation of the whole sky in a very huge area around its position. In fact, this radar is often used in meteorology to understand how the clouds are moving, WHAT is falling down from them ( snow, rain, hail exct ) and even to understand the type of clouds that is arriving. It is a very powerful instrument, maybe the most importat one to have a large overview of the LIVE weather situation . This is an example of an image that can be taken from a doppler-radar in north america

...But, the question becomes obvious, why this...in LODI?? When the mayor was asked, in a local city magazine interview, to give an explaination of the presence of this building, he said :

" Honestly, this radar was meant to be a SYMBOL , not only an utility. It is a symbol of the importance we give to the safety of our citizens. With this one, if a hurricane might come or something like that, we'll might be able to know it before the worst happens...there is nothing better than being able to avoid tragedies. But probably we won't even need to use it, at least, i hope so. "

From what it seems, this is only a way to prevent some tragical wheather events, to forecast them before they happen. Still, many people do not believe mayor's words. The radar, in fact, is guarded all day long by the police, and no-one can have access to it, except the mayor and authorized people. Why this, if the radar was made FOR the city, and for the well being of the entire town?? There is still mistery around this...

...But, hey... we have to talk even about the good things of the city! It is a very green city, we said, and the mayor kept it green and clean,in fact this is an overview of a nice housing district near the tropical enviroment of the coastal area ... here people can enjoy the nature, and may even go to the beach that is just a few steps from their house...

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...following the coast, you may find some bigger apartments too, along the coast...

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...as well as some uncontaminated natural enviroments, like this...in fact, Lodi is well known for having one of the most beautiful and clean sea of the entire SimNation, it is really uncommon to see a sea that clean and crystalline, near a city!!

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...As you have seen, the city has its good attributes, not only its strange sides...I hope you enjoyed this

Next time we will visit CASALMAGGIORE R.W.C ... you will find what does this mean if you follow this

[jacksunny 741]

Nice work so far. My only suggestion is to minimize the control panel when taking pictures.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Yes, I agree with jacksunny. Other than that, looks good!