Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine
August 24, 2018 7:17 PM Subscribe
This is mournful and fearsome. I don't know how much modern food supplies are going to be affected in the region, given global distribution and all, but if a rock emerges from the depths bearing the legend wenn du mich siehst, dann weine, you better believe I am going zu weinen.
It reminds me of the ancient stone nilometers. They had to be consulted every year, and everything depended upon them.
posted by Countess Elena at 7:49 PM on August 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
It reminds me of the ancient stone nilometers. They had to be consulted every year, and everything depended upon them.
posted by Countess Elena at 7:49 PM on August 24, 2018 [8 favorites]
In Japan there are carved sones in the forrest on the mountainsides that have years carved into them that indicate how high the tsunami waters came.
posted by wmo at 8:24 PM on August 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by wmo at 8:24 PM on August 24, 2018 [3 favorites]
The first drought marked on the stone was in 1417.
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In Japan there are carved sones in the forrest on the mountainsides that have years carved into them that indicate how high the tsunami waters came.
One word: aqueduct
posted by fairmettle at 10:36 PM on August 24, 2018
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In Japan there are carved sones in the forrest on the mountainsides that have years carved into them that indicate how high the tsunami waters came.
One word: aqueduct
posted by fairmettle at 10:36 PM on August 24, 2018
In Japan...
Interesting. Likewise, in Rome you can see flood markers that show how high the Tiber rose (earliest dated 1277, though of course there were many more floods before anyone thought to mark them down).
(If you enjoyed the original post, you might be interested in Paolo Squatriti's article The Floods of 589 and Climate Change at the Beginning of the Middle Ages.)
posted by BWA at 6:50 AM on August 25, 2018
Interesting. Likewise, in Rome you can see flood markers that show how high the Tiber rose (earliest dated 1277, though of course there were many more floods before anyone thought to mark them down).
(If you enjoyed the original post, you might be interested in Paolo Squatriti's article The Floods of 589 and Climate Change at the Beginning of the Middle Ages.)
posted by BWA at 6:50 AM on August 25, 2018
I'd never heard of this before, thank you for posting it!
posted by LobsterMitten at 12:50 PM on August 25, 2018
posted by LobsterMitten at 12:50 PM on August 25, 2018
Aqueduct, my friend.
It's a road that carries water.
You poor dry sod, it irrigates your fields.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 1:17 PM on August 25, 2018 [5 favorites]
It's a road that carries water.
You poor dry sod, it irrigates your fields.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 1:17 PM on August 25, 2018 [5 favorites]
If the Romans weren't first
Then the Romans did it better.
lex eum non impedivit sed illa.
posted by clew at 3:27 PM on August 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
Then the Romans did it better.
lex eum non impedivit sed illa.
posted by clew at 3:27 PM on August 25, 2018 [1 favorite]
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