Today we are going to look at some really interesting information regarding the state of EARTH. What is going on in our skies, and what the scientists want you to believe.
Is the Sky GOING GREEN?
What? GREEN SKIES ARE COMMONPLACE? Do you buy the idea that Green Skies are normal signs of impending storms or Tornados?
I’ve often wondered how people way back when knew what the weather was going to be without the local news to rely on. How did they know what season it was without a calendar? How did they know if it was going to be a bad winter? How did they know when to plant their crops? These questions fascinate me. If we ever have to live without power, it would be very useful to know these things .
Before the times of radio, television, and internet, people had to rely on watching the sky and nature to predict what the weather would be. Sometimes they went by superstitions or folklore, and sometimes their observations were quite accurate. I thought it would be fun to list some old sayings about the weather; you can decide what seems like it could really be true, and what is just silly.
Watching the Farm Animals
When the animals all started to get restless and noisy, people knew that a really bad storm was coming.
It was said that pigs could “see the wind”. They used to say, “When pigs squeal in winter, there will be a blizzard. When pigs carry sticks it will rain, and when they lie in the mud, there will be a dry spell.”
If a pig digs a hole in the ground it’s going to get very hot.
Dogs and horses will sniff the air before a rain comes.
When hens cluck loud and cluster in groups, it’s going to rain.
When roosters crow later in the day, it’s going to rain.
When ducks quack a lot it’s going to rain.
If the chickens stay out in the rain, it won’t last long.
When humid air causes hogs to snort it’s going to rain.
An unusual amount of fat on the meat of a butchered beef meant a severe winter.
When lots of flies annoy the cows it’s going to rain.
“Rain cows” call for rain. Cows bellow more before a shower.
The more a cow swings her tail, the more severe the oncoming storm will be.
When the cat stayed by the fire or licked its feet, you could expect rain.
When dogs began to dig holes, howled when somebody went outside, ate grass or refused meat, you could expect rain.
House mice squeaked and scratched in the walls when bad weather was coming.
Watching Nature
Geese honk before it storms.
Woodpeckers peck even harder before a bad rain.
When frogs hide under lily pads, it’s going to rain. They croak loudly before a rain, and are quiet when it’s going to be dry.
When the cricket’s chirp is high and clear, it’s going to rain.
When baby fawns stay close to the mother deer, it’s going to rain.
When hornets build their nests close to the ground, it’s going to be a bad winter.
When spiders spin their webs on the southside of the barn, it’s going to be a bad winter.
If an owl is heard in October the weather will soon be getting very cold.
When Robins sing more (“rain hollering”) and stay close to their nests a storm is coming. They would also seek shelter in sheds or barns before bad weather arrived.
Deer leave higher ground and come down to lower grounds before a storm.
Rabbits seek shelter before a storm, so more were caught in traps when bad weather was coming.
Squirrels become more active and feisty before a storm.
If squirrels begin collecting nuts before Fall, if their nests are low in the trees, or if their tails are extra bushy, it’s going to be a bad winter.
Female opossums and raccoons carry their young to higher ground before flooding rain.
To know the temperature outside, count the chirps of a cricket for 25 seconds, then add 37 to that number. This will give you the correct temperature in Fahrenheit.
If you see ants traveling in lines you can expect bad weather. If they are scattered around, the weather will be nice.
Ants build higher mounds before a hard rain, to prevent rainwater from coming in. Some ants also close their holes.
Butterflies hide under leaves to protect their wings from rain.
Bees busy late in the summer means a hard winter.
If squirrels hide their nuts at the base of a tree or inside a fallen log, there will be little or no snow during the winter. If they store their nuts inside a hallow tree, there will be a hard winter.
When a lot of fireflies are out at night, you can expect three days of nice weather.
When fish in the pond rise to the surface, it’s going to rain. They know the insects will be flying lower when the air is humid. For this reason, fishermen know that it’s harder to catch a fish before a storm, because they are already full and won’t take the bait.
When foxes eat grass, it’s going to rain.
When the Blackbird’s call is sharp and shrill, it’s going to rain.
When swallows perch on a weather vane, you can be sure it’s going to rain.
If spiders spin their webs in the morning, the weather will be nice. If they destroy the webs, a storm is coming soon. The theory behind this is that in humid weather insects fly lower. Because of this, more insects are caught. They collect their prey and take down their web early before the rain washes it all away.
When coyotes stay close to their camps, a blizzard is coming.
Buzzards seem to disappear before a hailstorm.
Bees stay in their hives when the temperature is below 60 and above 102 degrees.
Ants come out of their nest when the temperature is 54 degrees or higher.
Cicadas only sing when the temperature outside is above 83 degrees.
Katydids shorten their calls when temps get low. They stop making any noise at 55 degrees.
Locusts only sing when its hot and dry.
All insects stop making noise when the temperature is 106 degrees or higher.
If a tree frog stays in the water and croaks, the weather will be stormy. If the frog climbs out of the water, the weather will be nice.
Leeches can also be used to predict the weather when placed in a jar with water. If the leech remains curled at the bottom, it predicts good weather. If the leech crawls to the top of the jar, rain is coming. If the leech swims rapidly, you can expect windy weather.
Silver maples and cottonwoods turn silver before rain.
Long, thick catalpa beans hanging on their tree means a wet summer.
When earthworms come up from the ground you can expect wet weather.
When trees have heavier bark on the north side of the trunk, there will be a lot of drifting snow during the winter.
There will be a cold winter when the autumn sumac leaves are redder than usual.
If the summer grass is deep green the winter will be very cold.
It’s going to be a long, hard winter when grapes mature too early, blackberries have lots of blooms, sweet potatoes have tough skins, corn has thick silks or extra-heavy husks, root vegetables grow deeper than usual, and watermelons have too many seeds.
When leaves turn upside down, it’s going to rain after 24 hours.
Daisies, Morning glories, tulips and dandelions all close up before rain.
The leaves of Chickweeds close before weather changes.
You can tell what the winter weather will be by cutting open a persimmons seed. If the shape inside the seed resembles a fork, it will be a light winter. If there is a knife, it will be cutting cold. And if there is a spoon, there will be heavy snowfall; the spoon indicates lots of shoveling.
Watch the woolly bear caterpillar (the larva of the tiger moth). The thicker his coat, the colder the winter will be. If there is a wide brown band between two black bands, the winter won’t be so bad. If it doesn’t have a brown band, the winter will be severe.
Using Our Senses
When faraway sounds seem clearer, it’s going to rain for a long time.
Our sense of smell is keener before rain.
When smoke comes down it’s going to rain.
When chairs and tables start to creak it’s going to rain.
When teeth, bones, joints, muscles, sinuses and even bunions ache it’s a sign of bad weather.
Changes in blood pressure and pulse are also effected by the weather.
Weather vanes on top of windmills or roofs also gave signs of the weather changing. When the wind shifted the weather was going to change. If the weather vane was blown clockwise better weather was coming. If the wind blew counterclockwise bad weather was on its way.
Watching the Sky
A pink glow in the sunrise warns of bad weather; lots of wind and rain. A pink glow at sunset promises good weather.
“Red sky at morning,
Sailors take warning.
Red sky at night,
Sailors delight.”
A tilted crescent moon with a faint circle (or halo) around it predicts rain. (Like it’s tipping over and spilling out.)
“A moon with a circle brings water in its beak.”
When there is a circle around the moon, count the stars within the circle. It will be that many days until the storm.
A crescent moon lying on its back was a sign of dry weather. (Kinda like a bowl holding the water in.)
A gray, cloudy sunset indicates rain.
“Evening sky gold, sunshine will hold.
Evening sky gray, rain on the way.”
If the sun looks faint and white before sunset, it warns of coming storms.
A whitish yellow sunset sky means rain during the night or early the next day.
Brightly colored sunsets with hard outlines around the clouds foretell rain and most likely wind.
Clear air and very bright stars mean rain is coming.
A gray sky in the morning with breaking clouds means fine weather.
Heavy dew in hot weather means good weather. No dew means rain will come.
“When morning comes and grass is wet
Another day of sunshine yet,
But let the morning grass be dry,
A rainy day in the by and by.”
If the clouds move in a different direction than the air on the ground, the wind is changing and so will the weather.
Soft, fluffy clouds mean good weather.
Oily looking clouds mean wind.
Small, inky clouds foretell rain.
A pale moon with bright stars in Autumn means frost.
A red moon means rain is coming.
A morning rainbow means rain. An evening rainbow means nice weather.
A sign of a quickly passing summer shower, when clouds appear like rocks and towers.
So, what do I believe? I really do think that quite a few of these old sayings make a lot of sense. And the Bible does say in Genesis 1:14, “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years”. If the Lord meant the sun and moon to be signs to us, then I think it’s only wise to pay attention to them!
And then, some of these old sayings are obviously pure folklore. But it’s fun to see what people believed back in the old days! I think it would be interesting to watch some of these signs to see if they are accurate. I did see a squirrel hiding some nuts in the mulch under one of my baby fruit trees a few weeks ago. According to the old sayings that means we won’t have very much snow, if any, this winter. We’ll see!
Do you know of any signs that I missed? Are there any sayings that you remember your grandparents telling you about predicting the weather? Have you found any to be true? I’d love to hear what you think!
*most of these sayings are from the book: Good Old Days Country Wisdom.
“Atmospheric Rivers”: Rising Interest in Science and the Media
April 25, 2015
The term “atmospheric river” was first coined in 1994 to describe atmospheric water vapor transport across the mid-latitudes. Subsequent research has shown them to be responsible for the majority of extreme hydrologic events in the western United States, Europe, and South America, as well as being critical to water resources in these regions.
A recent analysis conducted by Ann Coppin and Duane Waliser of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Marty Ralph of Scripps Institution Of Oceanography’s CW3E has highlighted the growing number of journal publications using the term “atmospheric rivers”, illustrating a growing use for this terminology (see figure below).

The number of publications using the term “atmospheric river” from 1994-2013
The number of references across different media outlets has also risen underscoring the increasing public interest in this phenomenon (see figure below).

The number of times the term “atmospheric river” has been used across various media outlets from 2005-2015
Weather modification is a worldwide industry with airplane and ground-based cloud-seeding generators burning chemicals to add more seeds to clouds with the hope that these aerosols will create rain, snow, or even make hail smaller. Billions of dollars are spent each year on this completely unpredictable practice. In the sections below you can learn the terminology, see government reports of actual weather modification experiments, check out weather modification conferences, read a list of weather modification patents, and see a corporate roster of companies involved in controlling your weather.
Presentations
Technology
Terminology
Official Government Weather Modification Reports
Iran Accuses Israel of Cloud Theft
June 2, 2018
“Joint teams from Israel and one of the neighboring countries make the clouds entering into Iran barren. Moreover, we are faced with the cases of clou […]
USDA Sprays Electrified Water Over Texas
July 2017
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wesley C Hoffmann (Clint) from the Aerial Application Technology Research, Agricultural Engineering division used an […]
Drones electrically seed clouds in United Arab Emirates
2017-Present
Abu Dhabi-UAE: 24 April 2017 – The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science is collaborating with a team of leading meteorologists to develop […]
Climate Global Control Trading LLC Creates and Steers Hurricanes with Ionospheric Technology
January 2016
Climate Global Control Trading, LLC. Steers Tropical Cyclone Ashobaa In agreement of our company and Abu Dhabi, was a task to deposit precipitation in […]
Commercial Aviation Creating Ice Haze and “Accidental Geoengineering”
December 2015
If the recent clear sky “brightening” trend were due to cleaner air and fewer aerosols alone, it should be accompanied by an increase in direct downwe […]
Geoengineering Necessary to Meet COP21 Goals
November – December 2015
“Within the Paris agreement there’s an implicit assumption that there will need to be greenhouse gases removed,” said Phil Williamson, a scientist at […]
Activists Challenge EPA at Hearing on Flight Pollution
August 11, 2015
The Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing its Washington, D.C., headquarters to hear from environmental groups, aircraft industry repr […]
CIA Concerned Rogue Geoengineering is Undetectable!
January – March 2015
Rogue Geoengineering is Undetectable Using Modern Sensors A fundamental scientific question is whether an engineered increase in reflectivity (albedo) […]
Contrail Cirrus Cloud Seeding and Thinning
January 2015
“Jon Egill Kristjansson told us about the fine line a potential cloud seeder would have to walk by seeding small, homogenous ice nuclei in cirrus clou […]
Aquiess and SciBlue Steer Atmospheric River Over Texas
April 16 – July 16, 2012
Fresh water has been dubbed “Blue Gold” in many publications as potable water will be to this century what oil was to the last century. Less than thre […]
Do Planes Trigger Rains? Fallstreak Holes
August 21, 2011
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane. Or so the saying goes, but new research has confirmed that airplanes do cause clouds to dump their conten […]
United Nations Warns Against Large Scale Weather Modification
March 22-24, 2010
It should be realised that the energy involved in weather systems is so large that it is impossible to create artificially rain storms, alter wind pat […]
DHS Hurricane Mitigation: Project HURRMIT and HAMP
January 2010
The back-to-back devastating hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 suggested that hurricanes might be a threat to national security, especially as the cl […]
NOAA Refuses DHS Hurricane Modification Program
July 29, 2009
As we reported in May, more than 25 years after termination of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Project Stormfury, which aimed to […]
Weather Mitigation Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2009
April 16, 2009
This bill was introduced on May 20, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote. Although this bill was not enacted, its pr […]
Laser Guided Lightning Rods
2008-Present
DARPA Project NIMBUS Lightning can cause delays in operations, disrupt communications, destroy assets, and generally pose a deadly threat to military […]
Steering Cyclones with the Thunderstorm Solar Powered Satellite, Bernard Eastlund
April 21, 2008
Atmospheric heating as a research tool – Monday, 21 April 2008: 10:30 AM-12:10 PM, Standley I Lyle M. Jenkins on behalf of the late Bernard J. Eastlun […]
Chinese Weather Modification at the Beijing Olympics
March 25, 2008
How the Chinese plan to modify the weather in Beijing during the Olympics, using supercomputers and artillery. To prevent rain over the roofless 91,00 […]
Department of Homeland Security Hurricane Modification Workshop Report
February 6-7, 2008
In view of these realities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the organizational assistance of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin […]
Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research
October 2003
“Although 40 years have passed since the first NAS report on weather modification, this Committee finds itself very much in concurrence with the findi […]
The Weather Damage Modification Program (WDMP)
2002-2005
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has been engaged in weather modification research since the 1960s, although this research declined signif […]
CME Group Launches Weather Derivatives
June 1999
Stock Market Betting On Weather and Climate Events From heat waves to arctic cold outbreaks, weather often has a significant impact on business. CME G […]
Test Technology Symposium 1997: Weather Modification
March 19, 1997
Dr. Arnold A. Barnes Jr. from the USAF Phillips Lab gave a presentation titled “Session B: Advanced Weapon/Instrumentation Technologies.” where he dis […]
Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025
1995-1996
US Air Force dreams of future weather warfare techniques. 2025 is a study designed to comply with a directive from the chief of staff of the Air Force […]
FOIA Reveals U.S. Air Force Paper “Counterforce Weather Control: SPACECAST 2020”
June 1994
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Classified Release Counterforce Weather Control: SPACECAST 2020, Volume II [1]This is our final reply to your Januar […]
FOIA Reveals U.S. Navy Weather Modification Program Still Active at China Lake
April 1994
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Classified Release NON-LETHAL WARFARE PROPOSAL TITLE: WEATHER MODIFICATION [1] PROPOSED BY: Code C2741 (Warhead Deve […]
FOIA Reveals U.S. Air Force Geophysics Directorate Weather Modification Intentions
1994
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Classified Release TITLE: Weather Modification Using Carbon Black [1] PROPOSED BY: Phillips Laboratory (AFMC), Geoph […]
Geoengineering with Sulfur, Jet Fuel, and Commercial Aviation
1991 – Present
Scientists propose how to geoengineer contrails with biofuels and sulfur-doped jet fuel 1991 – Stratospheric welsbach seeding for reduction of global […]
The “Silver Lining Project” Marine Cloud Brightening Boats
September 27, 1990
Double duty geoengineering and weather modification boats that spray oceanic salt water into clouds (marine strato-cumulus) to make them reflect sunli […]
Russian Cloud Seeding Prevents Chernobyl’s Radioactive Rains Reaching Moscow
April 26, 1986
Russia used cloud seeding over Belarus to prevent Moscow from receiving radioactive rainfall (fallout) from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor meltdown. In […]
A High Flying Theory on Acid Rain Problem
September 1982
“I’ve seen instances when the blue sky, after a few hours, is laced almost completely in every conceivable direction, but mostly west to east, by jet […]
Clouded Judgment: Do Jet Contrails Increase Cloud Cover?
December 30, 1980
JOHN CHANCELLOR, anchor: On clear days, you can often see long white lines being traced high in the sky. They are contrails of jet aircraft. They’re a […]
NOAA Atmospheric Modification Program (AMP)
1980-1994
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Federal-State Cooperative Program in Atmospheric Modification Research (AMP). The State of Nort […]
Weather may be unnaturally severe because of unnatural modification
March 13, 1979
Admires noted that President Gerald Ford signed an international weather modification act in 1976 and shortly thereafter was able to ski on fresh snow […]
Weather Modification: Programs, Problems, Policy, and Potential
May 1978
[FULL DISCLOSURE] Scoping report on all weather modification activities in the USA. This report was required by the Weather Modification Policy Act of […]
The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD) Weather Warfare Ban
December 10, 1976 – January 17, 1980
The Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques Parties to the Environmental Modificat […]
National Weather Modification Policy Act of 1976
October 13, 1976
S. 3383 (94th): National Weather Modification Policy Act To authorize and direct the Secretary of Commerce to develop a national policy on weather mod […]
Weather Modification UAV Drones
November 4, 1974
In two flights at Edwards Air Force Base in the Southern California desert. The pilotless plane has flown up to 5 hours and 8 minutes and to altitudes […]
Steering Hurricanes with Carbon Black Dust
July 1974
William Gray and company describe the use of carbon black dust (CBD) dispersed by aircraft to alter weather and create cirrus clouds. It may also be p […]
Weather Modification Reporting Act of 1972
December 18, 1971
Pubic Law 92–205, §1, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 735 [H. R. 6893] [1] CHAPTER 9A-WEATHER MODIFICATION ACTIVITIES OR ATTEMPTS; REPORTING REQUIREMENT §330. […]
CIA Project Nile Blue – Rain Embargo on Cuban Sugar Crops
1969-1970
“But the seeding near Cuba was to cause less rain, not more. It was supposed to squeeze rain out of clouds before they reached the island. You might s […]
Great Lakes Snow Redistribution Project
1968-1972
The primary objective of the Great Lakes Snow Redistribution Project is to alleviate the heavy snowfalls which annually hamper Buffalo, New York, and […]
Solar-Powered Satellite (SPS) Weather Control Death Ray
1968
Climatological and heating effects of the microwave power transmission system in the lower atmosphere. Between 60 and 500 km, the atmosphere is subje […]
Operation Popeye, Motorpool, Intermediary, Compatriot: Weather Warfare Over Vietnam
March 20, 1967 – July 5, 1972
Operation Popeye’s weather warfare project was conducted from Thailand over Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and was allegedly sponsored by Secretary of St […]
A Recommended National Program In Weather Modification
November 7, 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR DR. DONALD F. HORNIG Subject: Weather Modification Program At its meeting of March 29, 1966 the Federal Council asked ICAS to prepare a […]
Weather and Climate Modification Reports from 1965-1966
1965-1966
The Honorable Leland J. Haworth Director National Science Foundation Washington, D. C. Dear Dr. Haworth: It is an honor to transmit herewith to the Na […]
Restoring the Quality of Our Environment
November 1965
Presidential report advises geoengineering solar radiation management (SRM) and investigated injecting condensation or freezing nuclei into the atmosp […]
National Cumulus Modification Project
1963 – 1972
NOAA hurricane mitigation cloud seeding experiments over Carribbean and Florida. The Departement of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Amtospheric Admini […]
Project Stormfury
August 17, 1962 – 1983
Project Stormfury – the ESSA/Navy hurricane research and modification program – will attempt to seed hurricanes massively and repeatedly, to learn whe […]
President Lyndon Johnson Approves Weather Warfare
May 27, 1962 – 1969
“It lays the predicate and foundation for the development of a weather satellite that will permit man to determine the world’s cloud layer and ultimat […]
President Kennedy United Nations Address On Weather Modification
September 25, 1961
“if the Soviets control space they can control earth, as in past centuries the nation that controlled the seas dominated the continents.” Senator John […]
Project Skywater: Atmospheric Water Resources Management
1961 – 1988
“to explore, develop and determine the feasibility of applying the technology of weather modification to meet the Nation’s increasing demand for clean […]
National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE)
1959 – 1981
The National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE) is a scientific field program established to answer the question of whether or not man can modify hailsto […]
U.S. Navy Creates and Destroys Clouds Using Carbon Black
September 9, 1958
“We dropped carbon black suspended in liquid, over a track a mile long and produced a solid line of clouds one mile long,” Dr. Florence Van Straten to […]
Project Skyfire: Preventing Forest Fires with Cloud Seeding
1956 – 1967
The Project Skyfire cloud-seeding generator is designed to produce silver iodide nuclei for experiments performed in devising techniques for lightning […]
Project SCUD, U.S. Navy Hurricane Modification
October 1952 – March 1954
This experiment was conducted in the central and southeast coast of hte United States to study primarily the effects of aerial seeding with dry ice an […]
Cloud Seeding Projects in the USA (1952-1965)
1952-1965
Randomized experimentation in weather modification is like the weather itself: many people talk about it, but few actually do it. In the 17 years sinc […]
Irving P. Krick’s Ground-based Cloud Seeder
December 1949
In December 1949 Krick suggested cloud seeding without resorting to airborne devices; his proposal employed ground-based smoke generators dispersing v […]
Contrail Cirrus Complaints Begin Nationwide
November 16, 1948 – Present
“Darn Sky Riders: Jet Trails Dim Sun, Palm Springs Gripes” As you know our entire economy is dependent upon tourist trade, which is predicated on our […]
Project Cirrus, First Hurricane Cloud Seeding Experiment
October 13, 1947
The energy expended by a tropical hurricane is enough to drive all the machinery in the world for three or four years. Yet the Army, the Navy and Gene […]
Vincent Schaefer, Irving Langmuir, and Bernard Vonnegut invent Cloud Seeding
November 13, 1946
Vincent Schaefer (1906–1993) discovered the principle of cloud seeding in July 1946 through a series of serendipitous events. Following ideas generate […]
Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO)
1946
During world war two, fog was dispersed with a secret weapon called Fido. This stood for either “Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operations” or “Fog, […]
C.W. Post: Cereal Czar and Rainmaker
1911-1914
The cereal manufacturer, C. W. Post of Texas, maintained belief in the concussion method. From 1911 to 1914, Post executed “rain battles” near Post Ci […]
Charles Mallory Hatfield “The Moisture Accelerator” Makes Rain For L.A., Floods San Diego
1902 – January 20, 1916
The indisputable fact is that Hatfield went into the hills nineteen times to bring on a rain, and nineteen times it rained when he promised. Last Dece […]
Steiger Vortex Rain-Making Gun
September 1902
The Steiger Vortex gun is a cone-shaped barrel, fabricated from sheet steel, designed as a rainmaking device. The gun was originally designed by Alber […]
Rain-Making Test Unpopular in Washington
November 3, 1892
SHOWERED GLASS AND PLASTER. Rain-Making Tests Unpopular in Washington. Bombardment of the Sky Kept Up All Night. After a dry spell of many weeks, Wash […]
Effects of Rain-Making
September 5, 1891
Uncle Sam’s Rain: Prosperity. Politician’s Rain: Office. Miser’s Rain: Money. Merchant’s Rain: Orders. Farmer’s Rain: Crops. Spinster’s Rain: Angels? […]
“Ohio Rain Wizard” Frank Melbourne
1891-1893
RAIN TO ORDER. An Interview With Frank Melbourne, the Rain King. CINCINNATI, July 3. — An evening paper publishes the following interview held with Fr […]
An Ode to Pluviculture
1891
“The Rhyme of the Rain Machine” by F. W. Clarke Said Jeremy Jonathan Joseph Jones “The weather is far too dry, So I reckon I’ll have to stir my bones […]
Gen. Robert St. George “Dry Hence Forth” Dyrenforth
1890-1892
It is not surprising that European American settlers in the Great Plains, dependent on agriculture and plagued by drought, would develop an interest i […]
James Pollard Espy – The Storm King
1841
James Pollard Espy (or “The Storm King”) (May 9 1785 – January 24 1860) was a U.S. meteorologist who proposed burning forests on the west coast of the […]
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