Day after Tomorrow? The Gold Rush? gary
> How about bizarre "winter" weather "anomalies?" > > > > I have many pics from "Snowtober" of downed and iced over trees and > power lines from my backyard in CT! > > > > On the opposite end of the scale-in 1982 Christmas Day in Buffalo was > the warmest on record-a whopping 64 degrees! (the lowest temperatures > occurred 2 years earlier in 1980 when the mercury dipped to minus 10 > degrees) > > > > I remember seeing snow flurries in MAY when I worked in the Boston area > back in the late 80s but I can't find any record of it. > > > > And I found this moldy oldie... > > > > 1816:The Year without Summer, from: > http://www.citysource.com/Seasons/snow.html > > Recent winter weather woes in the East can't compare to "winter" weather > that befell the area in June and July of 1816: > > Connecticut experienced a rare summer blizzard. > > Snow and sleet fell in Danville, Vermont. > > Massachusetts had snow flurries. > > An unseasonably frigid summer brought crop failures all over New > England. > > Savannah Georgia has a high temperature of only 46 degrees F on July 4. > > Some speculated that Judgement day was near, Others attributed the > unusually cold summer across the country to the massive amounts of dust > and ash spewed into the atmosphere by the eruption of the Tambora > volcano in Java the previous year. > > > > More on this one: > http://www.celebrateboston.com/disasters/year-without-a-summer.htm > > > > Chris McN > > > > ________________________________________ > > Chris McNevins | ACQUISITIONS COORDINATOR > > UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY > > 369 Fairfield Way Unit 2005AM | Storrs, CT 06269-2005 USA > > PH: 860-486-3842 | FX: 860-486-6493 | EMAIL: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > ________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ball, James > (jmb4aw) > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Videolib] Friday fun question > > > > So... rather than doing a holiday display or anything expected like > that, I'm trying to think of other options. Ideas? (BTW, I'll probably > do something winter-themed once winter is actually here.) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matt > > > > ______________________________ > > Matt Ball > > Media Services Librarian > > University of Virginia > > [email protected] > <https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=f9bb9e66e0cb45eb9c > 98da126198ad7e&URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu> > > 434-924-3812 > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
