I know from experience that my parents and grandparents were tough and hardy people - my grandparents continued running their greenhouse farm as long and late as they could, before they were finally bought out (and developed - the house and land are long gone to apartments and a mall)
Weather of late IS getting worse in a lot of places - from reviewing family history. But these days we're also badly setup to handle emergencies. We're a lot more tied to place than once was. My father, for instance, can duplicate most of his tools and shop given an axe and a couple of other portable tools + the metal parts.
We're also more pushed by finances than once was - it used to be a hard winter would just challenge food for the next year and could be weathered.... now there's all kinds of financial hardship in the mix.
I don't know about other stuff but farming, fishing and other "base" professions WERE a lot better in the old days.... and folks were more prepared both physically and mentally. These days however we've got a lot better medicine...
oh - and klompen (Dutch wooden shoes) are GREAT in mucky soil. They don't really stay dirty and your feet stay warm and dry *grin*
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somewhat scattered reply but weather reminds me of some of my favorite rants.
Date: 2007-01-08 05:15 pm (UTC)Weather of late IS getting worse in a lot of places - from reviewing family history. But these days we're also badly setup to handle emergencies. We're a lot more tied to place than once was. My father, for instance, can duplicate most of his tools and shop given an axe and a couple of other portable tools + the metal parts.
We're also more pushed by finances than once was - it used to be a hard winter would just challenge food for the next year and could be weathered.... now there's all kinds of financial hardship in the mix.
I don't know about other stuff but farming, fishing and other "base" professions WERE a lot better in the old days.... and folks were more prepared both physically and mentally. These days however we've got a lot better medicine...
oh - and klompen (Dutch wooden shoes) are GREAT in mucky soil. They don't really stay dirty and your feet stay warm and dry *grin*