1815-1816 The Year Without a Summer

07 Jun 2014 22:46 #1 by otisptoadwater
We know so much about the weather but then we don't know enough... Man made enviromental changes or nature at work?

The Year Without a Summer, a peculiar 19th century disaster, played out during 1816 when weather in Europe and North America took a bizarre turn that resulted in widespread crop failures and even famine.

The weather in 1816 was bizarre. Spring came but then everything seemed to turn backward, as cold temperatures returned. The sky seemed permanently overcast. The lack of sunlight became so severe that farmers lost their crops and food shortages were reported in Ireland, France, England, and the United States.

Read more: http://history1800s.about.com/od/crimesanddisasters/a/The-Year-Without-A-Summer.htm?rd=1

I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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