He had cleverly created a stir by soliciting pledges from normal people to build a dome over the entire city of Chicago that would be deployed during the cold months of winter.

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There is clear evidence that winter storms throughout southern Scandinavia were more frequent and intense during the multi-century Dark Ages Cold Period and the much more recent Little Ice Age than either now or other comparably warm periods.

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To start with, its annual production is kind of a gamble, wholly dependent on exceptionally cold climatic conditions, particularly at night, and during a precise time of the winter so that the grapes freeze while still on the vine.

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