This event in 530 is one of the reasons I'm so optimistic about our ability to cope and survive in the face of disaster. A decade of no crops, and year-long win

This event in 530 is one of the reasons I'm so optimistic about our ability to cope and survive in the face of disaster. A decade of no crops, and year-long winters. It changed the history of England, possibly the world. It created what we now refer to as "the Dark Ages". But we survived, and bounced back.