Jan at stephen.seiver@hunterlink.net.au writes: << Could SKS please tell me about the "Big Wind" disaster that happened in the late 1830's and exactly when this happened. >> Jan, I'm always surprised that no one seems to do searches on the web for this sort of question <gr>. If you enter "Big Wind" Ireland into Google, you'll get over 4,000 mentions of it. The first ones on the list will probably suffice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts