Real Science
A RECORD OF HOT SUMMERS.
IN 637 the heat was so great in France and Germany that all springs
dried up, and water became so scarce that many people died of thirst.
In 873 work in the field had to be given up ; agricultural labourers
persisting in their work were struck down in a few minutes, so powerful
was the sun.
In 993 the sun’s rays were so fierce that vegetation burned up as under the action of fire.
In 1000 rivers ran dry under the protracted heat ; the fish were left
dry in heaps, and putrified in a few hours. The stench that ensued
produced the plague. .................. (read the full post)
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