Comments on: The Year Without a Summer — 1816 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vintage http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/#comment-69414 Vintage http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=774#comment-69414 What an Interesting Article. I had no idea that there was a year like that. How tough for the people to be tested at that time. They would have had faith and trust in Jesus that he wouldn't let them starve. Could you imagine the problems that would result if that were to happen today. So much of our food is kept in super Markets in limted quanties at a time. What an Interesting Article.
I had no idea that there was a year like that.
How tough for the people to be tested at that time. They would have had faith and trust in Jesus that he wouldn’t let them starve.
Could you imagine the problems that would result if that were to happen today. So much of our food is kept in super Markets in limted quanties at a time.

]]> By: Ryan W http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/#comment-50646 Ryan W http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=774#comment-50646 I could throw in a very significant religious result from this frozen year of 1816, but I'm not sure you want religion introduced to your discussions! I am LDS and our 'founder' was Joseph Smith. His family lived in Vermont, and needed an impetus to get them to move to New York where important things waited for him. That icy year, 1816, is what did it. They couldn't grow any crops in Vermont and chose to move to Palmyra in upstate New York. This is where LDS history really began to unfold. We like to say it took a volcano on the other side of the world to start the LDS church! Ryan Whitaker Vancouver, WA I could throw in a very significant religious result from this frozen year of 1816, but I’m not sure you want religion introduced to your discussions! I am LDS and our ‘founder’ was Joseph Smith. His family lived in Vermont, and needed an impetus to get them to move to New York where important things waited for him. That icy year, 1816, is what did it. They couldn’t grow any crops in Vermont and chose to move to Palmyra in upstate New York. This is where LDS history really began to unfold.

We like to say it took a volcano on the other side of the world to start the LDS church!

Ryan Whitaker
Vancouver, WA

]]> By: Ed T. http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/#comment-24855 Ed T. http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=774#comment-24855 We grow all of the vegetables we eat. I can't imagine encountering weather so bad we couldn't still have a garden. I guess it proves that we can't count on anything staying the same. I really enjoyed this post. We grow all of the vegetables we eat. I can’t imagine encountering weather so bad we couldn’t still have a garden. I guess it proves that we can’t count on anything staying the same. I really enjoyed this post.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/#comment-24854 Meredith http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=774#comment-24854 Thank you for posting this. Sometimes we think that we're the only ones experiencing strange weather conditions and that when something big happens climate-wise, that it's the first time it's ever happened in the history of the world. It's good to go back and look at history and see that they had their share of weather oddities in the past too. Thank you for posting this. Sometimes we think that we’re the only ones experiencing strange weather conditions and that when something big happens climate-wise, that it’s the first time it’s ever happened in the history of the world. It’s good to go back and look at history and see that they had their share of weather oddities in the past too.

]]> By: Beckie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/#comment-24853 Beckie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=774#comment-24853 Great post. I very much enjoy your glimpses into the past. Our weather has been very odd too. We haven't had snow on the ground for a couple of weeks and this is unheard of for this area. We had bitter cold in early winter but much less snow than usual for the rest of the season. Spring can't come fast enough for me. Great post. I very much enjoy your glimpses into the past. Our weather has been very odd too. We haven’t had snow on the ground for a couple of weeks and this is unheard of for this area. We had bitter cold in early winter but much less snow than usual for the rest of the season. Spring can’t come fast enough for me.

]]> By: Jo http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/#comment-24834 Jo http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=774#comment-24834 The Mount Tambora eruption of 1815 on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia is said to be the cause of this weather oddity. Makes me stop and think that we all are effected in some way or another by happenings so far away. We are a small planet in many ways. The Mount Tambora eruption of 1815 on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia is said to be the cause of this weather oddity. Makes me stop and think that we all are effected in some way or another by happenings so far away. We are a small planet in many ways.

]]> By: Random Thoughts of a Jersey Mom http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/the-year-without-a-summer-1816/#comment-24808 Random Thoughts of a Jersey Mom http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=774#comment-24808 Wow! Winter in the summer time. That's very interesting. We've been having very strange weather these days as well - extreme weather if you will. I hope it'll be better soon. Wow! Winter in the summer time. That’s very interesting. We’ve been having very strange weather these days as well – extreme weather if you will. I hope it’ll be better soon.

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