Just pondering the thought of "normal weather". Is there such a thing,or is there just average? And is the weather ever average?
Do we tend to romanticize the past and think there weren't such extremes? Or are we just more hypersensitive to extreme events when we put all of our eggs,and more of them,in to one basket? Namely trying to make a living with nothing but summer row crops?
When most folks had cattle and hogs,hay and pasture,wheat,oats,corn and beans,did we just not notice it as much? If it was too wet to plant corn,it was good for the pasture,hay and wheat. If the corn,beans and pastures needed a drink,at least it was good weather for haying and cutting wheat and oats.
While we were waiting for the rain to stop,there were livestock chores to do. We didn't just sit stewing over weather that's "never been like this before".
Do we tend to romanticize the past and think there weren't such extremes? Or are we just more hypersensitive to extreme events when we put all of our eggs,and more of them,in to one basket? Namely trying to make a living with nothing but summer row crops?
When most folks had cattle and hogs,hay and pasture,wheat,oats,corn and beans,did we just not notice it as much? If it was too wet to plant corn,it was good for the pasture,hay and wheat. If the corn,beans and pastures needed a drink,at least it was good weather for haying and cutting wheat and oats.
While we were waiting for the rain to stop,there were livestock chores to do. We didn't just sit stewing over weather that's "never been like this before".