Forwarded to the Powys List on behalf of Jeff Coleman who is not subscribed to this list. Please respond directly (off list) to Jeff at <jeff.coleman@ntlworld.com> Regards, John Ball Joint Administrator for BRE, MGY, POWYS, & RAD mailing lists ===================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Coleman" <jeff.coleman@ntlworld.com> To: "Lyn Nunn" <lnunn@bigpond.net.au>; <GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [GLA] The Cambrian 27 July 1816 Storms It is interesting to read contemporary accounts of 1816 'the year without a summer' as a result of the effects on world weather of the eruption of the Tambora volcano in 1815 on the island of Sumbawa in what is now Indonesia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A781715 is one account. http://www.dandantheweatherman.com/Bereklauw/yearnosummer.html is another, and also on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer . I wonder whether Lynn has any accounts of frost in August 1816 in store for us. Jeff