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Blame It on the Rain

Blame It on the Rain

By Laura Lee

How the Weather Has Changed History. HarperCollins, 2006.

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A brief summary of Blame It on the Rain

Collecting a colorful array of historical events, from ancient times to the modern day and across the world, in which the unpredictable force of nature and weather played a significant role.

Key insights in Blame It on the Rain

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What do you get from this book? Evidence of the weather’s incredible influence on human history
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Weather is the “great equalizer,” being responsible for many of the events our earliest ancestors experienced
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The winds rescued Greek culture, a storm halted the expansion of Rome, and the plague established English dominance
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Many people have learned the hard way that they’re helpless against great typhoons, unbearable heat, or deathly cold
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Lightning and hail were seen as omens during Medieval times, and rain and fog were challenging during battles
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Never underestimate the power of winds, which have determined migration and monumental government and religious changes
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Storms have always been dangerous, and also fascinating, to people who are witness to their power
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When Napoleon, and war leaders before and after him, tried to invade Russia, they were met with meteorological resistance
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In America, the War of 1812 and the Civil War had outcomes in which the weather was a major contributor
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Dreams of firsts were dashed by unpredictable weather, as was an entire transportation industry
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Predicting the weather became critical during war times, and the negative effects of nuclear bombs were spread by winds
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Monsoons and dust storms were factors in invasions during the twentieth century, when politics became entangled once more with the weather
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Music, art, archaeology—every area of human culture has, at some point, been subject to weather conditions
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Final word

Who should read Blame It on the Rain

Historians • trivia buffs • meteorologists • teachers • anyone interested in the role weather has played in human events

About the author of Blame It on the Rain

Laura Lee is a prolific writer of books on a wide range of subjects across many genres, including history, biography, and fiction. This reflects her interesting background of working in theater as a mime, doing improv comedy, and working as a radio DJ on a morning show. Currently, she produces ballet tours when not working on her latest books.

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