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Category Archives: Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather
New Hampshire’s Deadly Thunder-Boomers
No one seems to be certain when the term “thunder boomer” was first used.
Cassell's dictionary of slang (Jonathon Green) … Continue reading
Posted in History, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather
Tagged Amos Manser, Archie Campbell, Barnstead, Bellows, boomer, Candia, Charles E. Hodgdon, Clark, Colburn, Concord Railroad, Croydon, Daniel, Exeter, Gerrish, Hampton Falls, Hart, Hudson, Jeremiah Lane, John Farnum, John G. Moore, Joseph, kill, killed, lightning, Lunenburg, MA, Manchester, Massachusetts, Mears, meetinghouse, New Hampshire, Newmarket, NH, Peterborough, Rowell, showers, Solomon King, strike, Sutton, Swamscot House, thunder, Varrell, Walpole, weather, Willilam Carr
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New Hampshire: Where Even Boiled Water Is Entertaining
There is only one place on earth where boiled water could be so entertaining… Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Humor, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather, Travel
Tagged boiled, conditions, experiment, fun, humor, ice, Mount, Mt, observatory, play, snow, Washington, water, winter
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New Hampshire’s Unluckiest Family: The Bradleys
In the course of New Hampshire's history, perhaps the unluckiest family was that of Bradley. Were their untimely deaths the … Continue reading
New Hampshire’s Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 is known among the few old men who remember it as “the year without a summer.” … Continue reading
Posted in History, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather
Tagged 1815, 1816, atmosphere, census, crops, debris, drop, eruption, Frost, Hampshire, harvest, ice, Java, lowered, Midwest, moved, new, New Hampshire, NH, no, Ohio, Summer, Tamboro, temperature, town, volaano, west, winter, without
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