Thursday, May 12, 2016

200 years ago, the sky went dark and there was no summer

200 years ago, the sky went dark and there was no summer

As summer approaches, many in the United States will be awaiting warmer, balmier days. It's a prospect keenly felt right now by those in the nation's capital, which has endured two weeks of ceaseless rain. But things could be much worse. Two hundred years ago, the U.S. Eastern Seaboard registered record-low temperatures. On June 6, 1816, six inches […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/05/12/200-years-ago-the-sky-went-dark-and-there-was-no-summer/

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