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Weather Get information on meteorology, climate, extreme temperatures and precipitation as well as weather disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning Weather History…Summer Snapshots
A glimpse at some of the highlights of the season September 22 officially marks the end of summer. In honor of dog days past, we've put together a scrapbook of the highlights. Click on any image…Brewer's: Thunder
The giant who fell into the river and was killed, because Jack cut the ropes that suspended the draw-bridge, and when the giant ventured to cross it the bridge fell in. (Jack the Giant…Brewer's: House-leek
[Jove's beard]. Grown on house-roofs, from the notion that it warded off lightning. Charlemagne made an edict that every one of his subjects should have house-leek on his house-roof. The…Donner or Donder?
The Question: Is Santa's reindeer named Donner or Donder? The Answer: Yes. Santa's reindeer were first named in "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (better…Fire Zone
Millions of acres are being consumed each year, so what's being done to save them? By David Johnson and Mark Zurlo Related Links Smokey BearWorst U.S. FireTimeline: Fires and ExplosionsNat'l…Khandogya-Upanishad: Fourth Prapathaka, Thirteenth Khanda
Thirteenth Khanda1. Then the Ahavanaya fire taught him: “Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the lightning, I am he, I am he indeed.2. “He…Dog Days of Summer
The origins of the name for the most sultry days of the season Related Links The Great American Summer Guide Weather Lightning Advice Dog Days is the name for the most sultry…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 1, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 31, 1805April 2, 1805April 1, 1805 April 1st 1805 we have Thunder lightning hail and rain to day the first rain of note Sinc the 15 of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, July 6, 1805
Day 763 Day 765 Lewis, July 6, 1805 Saturday July 6th 1805 In the couse of last night had several showers of hail and rain attended with thunder and lightning. about day a heavy storm came…