It really is a fine program and hope it works out. That said, it’s kinda funny that they don’t show history on The History Channel, and yet they do on The Weather Channel. 🙂

BTW, for those who have not seen the Episode of The Unknown Civil War Series which featured Eric talking about John Buford, it is one of the better episodes of the series. Have it on tape here, but has been ages since I watched it. IIRC, the talking head from Ohio had a bad head cold when interviewed, but perservered much like Buford did at Gettysburg.

Regards from the Garden State,

Steve Basic

Good luck to you, Eric.

All My Best,

Jim

Drew

I’ve seen a few of those “How Weather Changes History” shows…they did one on the Bulge and several others. Ken’s comment that a really good and comprehensive assessment of weather in military history is well-taken…in addition to Krick’s “Weather in Virginia” have you seen the book “Mud: A Military History”? I wrote a short article on the role of weather and weathermen in WWII for a children’s history magazine…it’s a great subject.

All My Best,

Jim Schmidt

Krick got off to a good start, but I said in a speech just weekend before last, there’s still room for a big book on the impact of weather in the war. Imagine the Kentucky Campaign without the drought, or Fort Henry not flooded. Armstead Robinson even suggested a few years ago that one of the internal reasons for Confederate defeat was a weather-related food shortage.

Ken