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Weather By The Moon
preciative, because in the days following I was contacted
by people who either currently used the Moon phases themselves
or could tell me what their grandparents did, in terms
of weather prediction, fishing and planting.
So I wrote out the perigees for the next year and put
Philip a little more in the picture. He was enthusiastic and
started noticing them for himself. He suggested that I write
this book.
By this time I had acquired access to the Internet. I
put out a call to Climate Centres around the world, places
with names like The Alaska Climate Research Centre. My
question was always the same. Can anyone tell me of any
links between the Moon and the weather? Replies ranged
from absolutely, yes, to there may be a link but it hasn’t
been established, to sorry, no link at all.
But I knew in mind there was a link. I had proved it
time and again with my own records. By now I had about 20
years worth. I could scarcely believe that the scientific
community were that much in the dark, and even divided
over it. Yet who was I? Even my own local observatory had
denied it.
In 1998 they held another Sydney-to-Hobart yacht
race. They held it again at the time of the perigee. Sixtyseven
of the boats turned around and limped back. Some
were lost without trace. Experienced men drowned. I contacted
the newspaper again and Philip ran another story on
my theories. One of the callers was someone called Harry
Alcock.
Harry explained on the phone that he had been following
my articles and had been meaning to write to me
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