Year Without Summer

Send us Fan MailLearn how the environmental effects of the explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815 caused world-wide devastation.Because of an explosion in Indonesia, much of the world was hungry.This episode deals with the year without a summer - when temperatures were much colder than usual (with devastating results.)Learn about Thomas Jefferson’s financial struggles with debt - a very sad story, and how a volcano in Indonesia made his financial situation hopeless.For two songs dealing with The Year Without a Summer, check out:Hungrytown - Year Without a Summerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rYv9uy9CwRasputina - 1816: The Year Without A Summerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxeXHMHOcqQSupport the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.