Welcome back to episode 9 of “Giants Helped Me Do It”, the podcast covering the innovations and inventions of the past from cultures all aorund the world.
This month we take a look at the weird and wonderful world of weather prediction. We cover everything from red sunsets to oxes licking hooves and everything in between as we search through the past to see just how the ancients tried to predict things such as storms etc and just how successful they really were.
It’s a great episode, so get straight in and enjoy the weather.
What was your favourite method of predicting the weather? Let me know in the comments below!
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"Return of the Mummy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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