Hi, Rick, and all Txerath -l members should know about Krakatoa or Krakatau Volconano erupting in 1887, which was heard in Erath County, Texas. The one you asked about- I have never heard the 1816 disaster discussed in any History classes, even in Tarleton, Abilene Christian, or University of North Texas through 2 degrees and a 12 hour start on the third, It seems that we fail to overlook reasons that people moved south and West and try to blame it on politics . I would have moved too. As you know, there were tremors in Choctaw Country which they took as a sign from The Great Spirit to no longer live back east.They moved to North Alabama area near Cherokee land. The earth tremors caused the Mississippi to flow backwards past Memphis for 3 days, and was followed by thousands of trees causing a log jam in the Mississippi, which caused the Cane River to become a river port at Natchitoches for enterring Texas through Nacodoches. Natchitoches, La. was a safer port. Only Flat bottom boats could use the Mississippi until surplus Civil War Ammo and explosives were used to blast the log jams out This was the death of the town oif Jefferson, Texas when the Caddo lake dropped severl feet. There is now a long low Levee or dam between the Red River and the Caddo Lake. To find more go to Google search window and type in "The year without a summer", 1816 Volcano ". It also lists some other eruptions before 1816 which already had a lot of polution and ash in the air. St. Vincent, Manilla, and Luzon preceeded the 1816 disaster and the 1816 one dumped 180 tons of ash and cinders into our air. I only checked the first 10 of a few thousand sites Google found on the 1816 Volcano. WHY HASN'T SOME COLLEGE STARTED A COURSE ON RELATIONSHIP OF WEATHER CHANGES AND vOLCANO ERUPTIONS TO MIGRATION PATTERNS AROUND THE WORLD??? Most Amazon sites on Google say Books on 1816 Eruption in Indonesia are sold out or out of print. Who knows, maybe stories about why people left their homes back east had more to do with weather than supposed family or community strife or political reasons. match the timelines of the eruptions and weather changes to historic events and migrations , then wonder why these are not mentioned in most History courses. Happy Hunting, Charles A. Wyly On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:19:44 -0500 "Ric Gordon" <fdg@flash.net> writes: > http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/1816.htm > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dortha Greenlee > To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:08 PM > Subject: [ERATH] Fw: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A > SUMMER / > 1816 > > > Charles, can you help with this? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Prosser Genealogy - Comcast" <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> > To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:32 PM > Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER / > 1816 > > > > The year 1816 was a year of no summer. There were massive crop > failures > > worldwide. It was the "poverty year". It is believed that there > were > over > > 1800 individuals that froze to death that year. As far south as > Savannah, > > GA. it was 46 degrees on the 4th of July. Our ancestors would > have just > > settled in the area a few short years before. Has anyone heard > of any > > stories about how they may have handled the hardships of that > terrible > > year. There were no chain superstores to go and get your > staples. You > > depended on the land for your livelihood. I know that my BAGLEY > family > > was in the four county area by 1807 and I was wondering if > anyone may > know > > of local accounts about our pioneer families that were settling > in the > > area at that time. > > > > Bobby Prosser > > prossergenealogy@comcast.net > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added > in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Charles I would presume colleges that teach weather, meterology, would teach this,,,,,,,,but we do have a think tank that does nothing but study this along with global warming,,,,and reports this to the president,,,,,,we have known since the 60's that we were warming up due to added environmental agents that we are producing. And we also know that the earth will shift it axis, that plates move resulting in earthquakes. We also know that the northwest has a potential of a major tsaumi. We spend millions each year studying the earth. That this is affecting our weather. Eva ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Wyly" <wyly1@juno.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Fw: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER / 1816 > Hi, Rick, and all Txerath -l members should know about Krakatoa or > Krakatau Volconano erupting in 1887, which was heard in Erath County, > Texas. > > > The one you asked about- I have never heard the 1816 disaster discussed > in any History classes, even in Tarleton, Abilene Christian, or > University of North Texas through 2 degrees and a 12 hour start on the > third, > > It seems that we fail to overlook reasons that people moved south and > West and try to blame it on politics . I would have moved too. As you > know, there were tremors in Choctaw Country which they took as a sign > from The Great Spirit to no longer live back east.They moved to North > Alabama area near Cherokee land. The earth tremors caused the > Mississippi to flow backwards past Memphis for 3 days, and was followed > by thousands of trees causing a log jam in the Mississippi, which caused > the Cane River to become a river port at Natchitoches for enterring Texas > through Nacodoches. Natchitoches, La. was a safer port. Only Flat > bottom boats could use the Mississippi until surplus Civil War Ammo and > explosives were used to blast the log jams out This was the death of > the town oif Jefferson, Texas when the Caddo lake dropped severl feet. > There is now a long low Levee or dam between the Red River and the Caddo > Lake. > > To find more go to Google search window and type in "The year without a > summer", 1816 Volcano ". It also lists some other eruptions before 1816 > which already had a lot of polution and ash in the air. > > St. Vincent, Manilla, and Luzon preceeded the 1816 disaster and the 1816 > one dumped 180 tons of ash and cinders into our air. > > I only checked the first 10 of a few thousand sites Google found on the > 1816 Volcano. WHY HASN'T SOME COLLEGE STARTED A COURSE ON RELATIONSHIP OF > WEATHER CHANGES AND vOLCANO ERUPTIONS TO MIGRATION PATTERNS AROUND THE > WORLD??? Most Amazon sites on Google say Books on 1816 Eruption in > Indonesia are sold out or out of print. > > Who knows, maybe stories about why people left their homes back east had > more to do with weather than supposed family or community strife or > political reasons. > > match the timelines of the eruptions and weather changes to historic > events and migrations , then wonder why these are not mentioned in most > History courses. > > Happy Hunting, > Charles A. Wyly > > > On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:19:44 -0500 "Ric Gordon" <fdg@flash.net> writes: > > http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/1816.htm > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dortha Greenlee > > To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:08 PM > > Subject: [ERATH] Fw: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A > > SUMMER / > > 1816 > > > > > > Charles, can you help with this? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Prosser Genealogy - Comcast" <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> > > To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:32 PM > > Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER / > > 1816 > > > > > > > The year 1816 was a year of no summer. There were massive crop > > failures > > > worldwide. It was the "poverty year". It is believed that there > > were > > over > > > 1800 individuals that froze to death that year. As far south as > > Savannah, > > > GA. it was 46 degrees on the 4th of July. Our ancestors would > > have just > > > settled in the area a few short years before. Has anyone heard > > of any > > > stories about how they may have handled the hardships of that > > terrible > > > year. There were no chain superstores to go and get your > > staples. You > > > depended on the land for your livelihood. I know that my BAGLEY > > family > > > was in the four county area by 1807 and I was wondering if > > anyone may > > know > > > of local accounts about our pioneer families that were settling > > in the > > > area at that time. > > > > > > Bobby Prosser > > > prossergenealogy@comcast.net > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added > > in the > > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > > more: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >