O ROVING Muse! recall that wondrous year
When winter reigned in bleak Britannia’s air;
When hoary Thames, with frosted osiers crowned,
Was three long moons in icy fetters bound.
The waterman, forlorn, along the shore,
Pensive reclines upon his useless oar:
See harnessed steeds desert the stony town,
And wander roads unstable not their own;
Wheels o’er the hardened water smoothly glide,
And raze with whitened tracks the slippery tide;
(...)
So John Gay in seiner "Trivia" von 1714, in der er das winterliche London beschreibt: die Themse (Thames) was zugefroren, das Ruder (oar) der Seeleute war daher nutzlos (useless), stattdessen sah man "wheels o'er the hardened water smoothly glide": Räder von Kutschen, die ruhig über das gehärtete, vereiste Wasser glitten. Wie in London, so war es auch lange in deutschen Großstädten: zugefrorene Flüsse, auf denen die Menschen Schlittschuh gelaufen sind.
Zugefrorene Elbe, Dresden 1929:
https://i.imgur.com/bM2R8l0.jpg
Und heute? Noch im November sanftes Frühlingswetter, hier noch öfter mal 15 Grad. Trockene Dürre bis in den November.
Und Kalifornien, naturgemäß noch empfindlicher für die Klimaerwärmung, brennt ab, mehr als 150.000 Menschen müssen fliehen:
https://i.imgur.com/YANe8px.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/trlJ2Sj.jpg
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2018...of-california/
At least nine people have died after a northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people, authorities said. Only a day after the fast-moving fire began, the blaze near the town of Paradise had grown to nearly 140 sq miles and had destroyed about 6,500 structures. Three bodies were found outside their homes, one inside a home and several in cars, said the Butte county sheriff, Kory Honea. With fires also burning in southern California , state officials put the total number of people forced from their homes at 157,000. Evacuation orders included the entire city of Malibu, which is home to 13,000, among them some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-updates-today