What Made 1816 So Cold?
The meteorological facts of life during 1816 have been laid out.
The period March to September was marked by a series of strong and frequent invasions of dry arctic air across New England.
While the movement of arctic air masses through this region is not uncommon in other seasons, their appearance in the summer as cold and frequent as in 1816 is indeed unusual. The question arises, why?
This account focuses almost solely on conditions in the Northeastern United States and parts of eastern Canada. But the Year 1816 was also unusually cold elsewhere. Reports from northern Europe indicate similar impacts on crops and the population..
The most likely cause was volcanic influences.
Other causes of temperature abnormalities which have been hypothesized include abnormal temperature of ocean waters over a large area, solar variations related to sunspot activity.
http://www.islandnet.com/...
Economic Hisrorians of pre-industrial Europe have identified weather patterns as a primary independant variable determining prosperity or depression.
In the actual recession on the edge of depression or worse..
When revenues and vegetables, cereals or animals from the Summer will be scarce because of the incoming Cold Summer, we will, as in 1816 find death birds killed by cold and starvation. Have an Upsurge of illness and a chaotic Public Health Responses dur the the already crunching Healcare infrastructures.
..And not much to pay energies or have basic food security for the incoming Winter of 2009-2010.
These realities are not in the MSM and are 'case sensitive'. I am aware of the tremendous work done by many political instances to reduce morbidity and mortality, but we must stop doing the Ostriches by putting our Head in the Sand, coz, we'll get our ass kick and its gonna hurt.
Most Scientists are aware that we are on the edge to get in something similar as the Dalton Minimum.
Wikipedia The Dalton Minimum was a period of low solar activity, named for the English meteorologist John Dalton, lasting from about 1790 to 1830.[1] Like the Maunder Minimum and Spörer Minimum, the Dalton Minimum coincided with a period of lower-than-average global temperatures. The Oberlach Station in Germany, for example, experienced a 2.0° C decline over 20 years.[2]
Back in February 2008
VANISHING SUNSPOTS PRELUDE TO GLOBAL COOLING?
9 Feb 2008 ... Sunspots have all but vanished, and activity is suspiciously quiet. The last time this happened was 400 years ago -- and it signaled a solar ...
www.climatescienceinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31:vanishin
g-sunspots-prelude..
From January 2009
Sunspot Activity Drops and So Does Global Temps : Stop The ACLU
1 Jan 2009 ... Perhaps this past year’s relatively non-existent sunspot activity and significant drop in global temperature can finally put to rest the ...
www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2009/01/01/sunspot-activity-drops-and-so-does-global-temps/
Solar Observing: Sunspot Activity Notes for 2009
Each month a summary of sunspot activity is written and forms part of a report sent to the Solar Section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA) and ...
www.petermeadows.com/html/notes09.html
...back to the Dalton Minimum mosly 1810-1818...
Volcanic influences
Proponents note that a number of major volcanic eruptions preceded 1816: Soufriére and St. Vincent in 1812: Mayon and Luzon in the Phillippines during 1814; Tambora in Indonesia during 1815. The volcanic theory of climatic influence relates increased volcanic activity with decreased temperatures due to the increased reflection of solar radiation from volcanic dust blown and trapped high in the atmosphere. The Tambora eruption has been estimated to be the most violent in historical times. The explosion is believed to have lifted 150 to 180 cubic kilometres of material into the atmosphere. For a comparison, the infamous 1883 eruption of Krakatau ejected only 20 cubic kilometres of material into the air, and yet it affected sunsets for several years after.
For those interested I strongly suggest you look at some intense volcanic and telluric activities since few weeks.
That is why after 5 years in Pandemic and Major Crisis I now orient my 'boots on the Ground Work' in the Creation of Regional Socio-Economic Dome and of an Inter-Regional Network.
There are solutions, the exercise is to coordonnate for the Region and the People.
Snowy Owl