I read a fascinating article a year or so ago about how big the ice -- Seattle .Hoo 12/22/2023 09:54AM Similar, a UK friend lives near a pond where Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn -- WaxHoo 12/22/2023 10:00AM Every winter in the 70's the local lakes in Richmond would freeze for -- Tuckahokie 12/22/2023 12:20PM The Valley is a little colder but we definitely have the same trend here. -- Shenhoo 12/22/2023 1:07PM There was a cooling period from about 1300 to 1850, which explains a lot -- Seattle .Hoo 12/22/2023 10:16AM Yep. Sometimes called mini-Ice Age. ** -- Shenhoo 12/22/2023 11:10AM Black Death and then the death of 90% of the population of the New World -- RML Hoos 12/22/2023 10:46AM