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Creative Speculation

William Seger

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1. You sure it wasn't 1780?

Reply to fadedrose (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 02:54 AM

Jan 2014

Or seriously, is this the article where you found the 1950 reference? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18097177

Couldn't it have been a cloud of smoke and soot from a forest fire, but too high up to smell? If it covered the whole sky by the time it got to you from Canada, it seems it might not have been recognizable as a large cloud.

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1950 or 1952 [View all] fadedrose Jan 2014 OP

You sure it wasn't 1780? William Seger Jan 2014 #1

Of course. I was wrong. I am 330 years old. How could I forget... fadedrose Jan 2014 #2

This is interesting. johnp3907 Jan 2014 #3