The Silent (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/27/08 | Reply
Wow... that is a late snow. I remember reading about a certain volcanic eruption (this is way in the past) that spewed enough dust into the air to completely derail summer for that year. It was known as the "year without a summer" ... and it did actually snow during summer, I think, but only in northern parts (again, I think - my memory isn't all that great, apparently!). It was before global communication systems, so, at the time... nobody in the US knew they weren't having a summer because of a volcanic eruption on the other side of the world. Weird stuff, weather phenomenon.
We had a very cool, very unusually wet summer here in Sydney... everyone blames global warming for that one, too.
Anyway, have a great time at the con! Are you doing a cosplay?
red:leaf
Otaku Eternal | Posted 03/31/08 | Reply
@snow fox:
Oh, yeah, I remember reading about that in a history book. It was a volcano in Indonesia.
I didn't cosplay this year, unfortunately. I was going to but then ran short of money and couldn't finish. Next year hopefully I will be finished.
snow fox
The Silent (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 03/27/08 | Reply
Wow... that is a late snow. I remember reading about a certain volcanic eruption (this is way in the past) that spewed enough dust into the air to completely derail summer for that year. It was known as the "year without a summer" ... and it did actually snow during summer, I think, but only in northern parts (again, I think - my memory isn't all that great, apparently!). It was before global communication systems, so, at the time... nobody in the US knew they weren't having a summer because of a volcanic eruption on the other side of the world. Weird stuff, weather phenomenon.
We had a very cool, very unusually wet summer here in Sydney... everyone blames global warming for that one, too.
Anyway, have a great time at the con! Are you doing a cosplay?