Not to defend him per se but I think Greg was being facetious. My reading was that people will ignore the physical and historical records of events in order to further their own agenda. That goes every which way on every issue you can think of. From climate change to the Holocaust. <div>
<br></div><div>The commonly accepted "year without a summer" was 1816. Mary and her friends were supposed to go enjoy the summer but it was too cold. Instead they stayed inside and made up stories. Frankenstein was the result. But it was freezing cold before and after that year. The little ice age has been variously dated anywhere from 1150 to 1850.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:06 PM, drifter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drifter@oppositelock.org">drifter@oppositelock.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
With all due respect, Greg, European history is very clear about the effects<br>
of the mini-ice age. There are too many reports of years without summer.<br>
I think your "sacred models" need to be retired to the Dark Ages from<br>
whence they almost certainly came.<br>
Scientists have documented (via tree-ring dating) the same climatic cooling<br>
in North America as well. The Anasazi (the PC designation is now Ancestral<br>
Puebloans) left the area around Mesa Verde about 1300 a.d., driven out by<br>
the double whammy of colder and longer winters (which shortened the growing<br>
season) and reduced rainfall. Obviously >something< happened in the 13th<br>
century that caused the climate in the Nrthern Hemisphere to dramatically<br>
cool. And before that cool-down began, it was much warmer.<br>
Why; damned if I know.<br>
But it happened.<br>
<br>
Sean<br>
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On Tuesday 24 November 2009 13:19:42 Greg Freemyer wrote:<br>
> As to the Little Ice Age, the sacred models clearly show this never<br>
> happened, so it has been agreed by all concerned to disregard this<br>
> legend from the past.<br>
><br>
> Greg<br>
><br>
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