Tragic London storm marked slide into World War One
 

A bit of Sunday reading for you all.

What I find fascinating is how this happened two weeks before Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated - exactly the same timescale as the lightning strike in 1939 that happened two weeks before Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany

http://wansteadmeteo.wordpress.com/2...lide-into-ww1/

Tragic London storm marked slide into World War One
 

"Scott W" wrote in message
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A bit of Sunday reading for you all.

What I find fascinating is how this happened two weeks before Archduke
Ferdinand was assassinated - exactly the same timescale as the lightning
strike in 1939 that happened two weeks before Neville Chamberlain declared
war on Germany

http://wansteadmeteo.wordpress.com/2...lide-into-ww1/

Thank you for posting that interesting news event, Scott. I was born and
raised in Tooting Bec, (though I wasn't there in 1914 I hasten to add) and
am very familiar with many of the places mentioned in the articles, in fact
my primary school was at Tooting Broadway. I must say that as a boy I was
told never to shelter under trees in a thunderstorm, but did not know then
that the safest thing to do if caught in the open is to crouch down as low
as possible, keeping the feet together. Needless to say, German bombs were
the hazard of my childhood, and posed more of an ever present threat than a
thunderstorm would.

I am not sure why you have included mention of the start of WW1, a
completely unrelated event, saving that it happened in the same month and
year, (as did millions of other unrelated events, significant to somebody).
Even if the storm had happened on the same day as the Archduke was killed,
there would be no discernible relationship between them, even if the
Archduke had been killed by lightning, unless he had been in south London at
the time.

--
Bernard Burton

Wokingham Berkshire.

Weather data and satellite images at:
http://www.woksat.info/wwp.html

Tragic London storm marked slide into World War One
 

On Sunday, June 1, 2014 4:52:20 PM UTC+1, Malcolm wrote:
In article , Scott W writes A bit of Sunday reading for you all. What I find fascinating is how this happened two weeks before Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated - exactly the same timescale as the lightning strike in 1939 that happened two weeks before Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany http://wansteadmeteo.wordpress.com/2...n-storm-marked -slide-into-ww1/ Gosh, aren't coincidences interesting. And how much credence can you give a writer who got the date wrong in his very last sentence? It should be September 3rd not 4th which of course means that the violent storm on 21st August was only 13 days before Chamberlain's announcement, not 14. Oops! -- Malcolm

Fixed. Thanks for your valid insight, and I'm impressed that somebody bothered reading to the end of the piece. I don't quite know what you mean about credence. This is a personal blog written for no personal gain, merely the love of sharing my knowledge with anyone who is interested.

Tragic London storm marked slide into World War One
 

On Sunday, June 1, 2014 5:25:21 PM UTC+1, Bernard Burton wrote:
"Scott W" wrote in message ... A bit of Sunday reading for you all. What I find fascinating is how this happened two weeks before Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated - exactly the same timescale as the lightning strike in 1939 that happened two weeks before Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany http://wansteadmeteo.wordpress.com/2...lide-into-ww1/ Thank you for posting that interesting news event, Scott. I was born and raised in Tooting Bec, (though I wasn't there in 1914 I hasten to add) and am very familiar with many of the places mentioned in the articles, in fact my primary school was at Tooting Broadway. I must say that as a boy I was told never to shelter under trees in a thunderstorm, but did not know then that the safest thing to do if caught in the open is to crouch down as low as possible, keeping the feet together. Needless to say, German bombs were the hazard of my childhood, and posed more of an ever present threat than a thunderstorm would. I am not sure why you have included mention of the start of WW1, a completely unrelated event, saving that it happened in the same month and year, (as did millions of other unrelated events, significant to somebody). Even if the storm had happened on the same day as the Archduke was killed, there would be no discernible relationship between them, even if the Archduke had been killed by lightning, unless he had been in south London at the time. -- Bernard Burton Wokingham Berkshire. Weather data and satellite images at: http://www.woksat.info/wwp.html

Thanks, Bernard. I appreciate you sharing your memories.

I included mention of WW1 just because it was topical to this month - and, from a very personal viewpoint (perhaps selfish to some!), a way of explaining how I interpreted historical events as a young lad. Perhaps it is completely irrational - but then it is just a personal blog.