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Titel och upphov Looks like rain : 9,000 years of Irish weather
Utgivning, distribution etc. The Collins Press, Wilton, Cork : 2013
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Anmärkning: Innehållsbeskrivning, sammanfattning Everyone talks about the weather and its role in shaping our character. This lively overview picks out incidents when the weather - generally bad - changed the course of Ireland's history. Remarkably, our professional forecasters still hedge their bets by predicting four seasons in one day - and still get it wrong.
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A lively overview of the incidents where the weather - often bad - changed the course of Ireland's history.
Acknowledgements p. 9 Introduction p. 11 Island of Perpetual Gloom p. 16 Never a Single Nail or Screw p. 24 The Dark Ages Really Were Dark p. 30 Is It A Bird? Is It A Fish? p. 40 The Answer is 42 p. 47 When Murphy Says Frost, Then It Will Snow p. 52 Ghost Ships and Crystal Pillars p. 57 Waves of Mutilation p. 65 When Weather Changed History - Part 1 p. 71 Rain and Slime p. 74 Weather and Witchcraft p. 76 When Weather Changed History - Part 2 p. 80 Toffee for the Northern Climate p. 84 When Weather Changed History -Part 3 p. 88 A Tax on Heat and Light p. 93 When Weather Changed History - Part 4 p. 97 A Man For All Seasons p. 101 When Weather Changed History - Part 5 p. 104 Herrings Were Found Six Miles Inland p. 109 Pills, Thrills and Weather Balloons p. 115 The Measure of a Man p. 123 The Other Potato Famine p. 129 When Weather Changed History - Part 6 p. 134 A Mighty River in the Ocean p. 140 When Weather Changed History - Part 7 p. 148 Death Blowing in the Wind p. 156 Force 10 at Fastnet p. 160 The World's First Weather Forecast (Gets It Right!) p. 168 Weather and Wireless p. 173 Below Us The Waves p. 180 Clocks and Cows p. 189 The Farmer and the Fisher Should Be Friends p. 196 When Weather Changed History - Part 8 p. 202 No Respecter of Fame p. 207 Night Appears To Fall By Midday p. 212 The Minister for Snow p. 217 Selected Bibliography and Sources p. 222