Summary: <p>While we prepare for some unusual early May snow on Friday night through Sunday morning, it might be a good time to revisit the summer of 1816. It's known as "The Year Without A Summer" for good reason. A year before, Mt. Tambora had a grand eruption that sent 100 cubic miles of ash and dust high into the stratosphere. This dust cloud, that traveled the globe, reflected enough of the sun's energy to allow wintry type weather in much of the northern hemisphere in the summer of 1816. This led Nathaniel Foster to use what was once an irritant to save his corn crop that summer.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andrebernier/support</a>
