Posted on 07/01/2020 5:14:28 PM PDT by SamAdams76
Granted, they got here in November, close to winter.
But when spring and summer came, they must have experienced some New England thunderstorms.
What did they think of that?
Oklahoma and Germany have thunderstorms that put New England thunderstorms in the shade. Waaaaay in the shade.
Probably a little bit frightning....
And for many, it was, mainly because of malaria and yellow fever. When the British occupied Cuba in 1762-1763 during the Third Silesian War, they lost far more men to disease than they did to Spanish bullets, and when they agreed to give Cuba back to Spain at the conclusion of the war, they were glad to get out.
“Thunder buddies for life right Johnny?!”
The Pilgrims thought, “We need to find some native Indians to help us survive this severe storm.”
“Ayuh, thundah’s a comin’.”
Sshhhh
Logic verboten
Damneth...tis going to rain
Thunderstorms and lightening are worldwide. See the Bible for reference. Tornadoes and hurricanes of the magnitude they are in the USA may have been shocking.
Not like we do. I’ve lived in both countries and UK storm are like soft summer drizzle when compared to US storms.
Bringest thou my 300 cubit measuring tape and findest some gopher wood.
Another Azores, Portugal Bump to the Top!
A relative has a letter from southern Missouri state militia ancestors during the guerilla warfare that plagued the state - it recounts them sneaking back to the woods near home from time to time to see their wives and get a meal and clean clothes. The women would not let them come to the house, not just because of the risk people might observe them, but because after living in the field they and their clothing were full of lice and vermin. The women would meet them in the woods as if they had gone to gather herbs, etc., or would leave bags or baskets of supplies.
I don’t know but it’s been said that German lightning turned a law school student into a monk.
Um...it’s Acadian, not Arcadian.
Bump
Raising kids in California, I looked forward to taking them east to experience thunder and lightning, mosquitos and lightening bugs. My middle daughter swears the mosquitos left permanent scars.
All you had to do was take them to the High Sierra of Eastern California, they would have seen plenty of thunder and lightning.
I wonder what they thought of poison ivy?
I forgot to include the East Coast humidity festival as part of the experience. Not possible in the Sierras.
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