tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post7702119320110256395..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Ruskin's plague cloudRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-31645937103069531832010-03-18T18:52:12.422-07:002010-03-18T18:52:12.422-07:00But the comment in Nature which includes...until t...But the comment in Nature which includes...until the phenomenal sunrises and sunsets of the last three months.. was written in 1894, 11 years after Krakatoa. One must assume that there was some other eruption around that time to account for those sunsets. <br><br>My favorite meteorological phenomena is winds. It is astonishing the effect of wind on the human. One of the more well known is the foehn which I experienced once in Munich. It makes people absolutely crazy! <br><br>I think the idea that Ruskin wasn't playing with a full deck at this time is probably the best explanation.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-65642541538776247312010-03-18T20:06:01.660-07:002010-03-18T20:06:01.660-07:00But the comment in Nature ...Ah, sorry, no: that&#...<i>But the comment in Nature ...</i><br><br>Ah, sorry, no: that's down to <i>my</i> not playing with a full deck at this instant. I've corrected it to 1884, as it should be.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com