New comet might blaze brighter than the full Moon..

COMET ISON WILL APPEAR NOV 2013!-Hanukkah 2013 which falls on November 27th through December 5th.


[link to www.astronomynow.com]



The Great Comet was discovered on March 25, 1811. From May through August, the comet was still difficult to see because of its low altitude. In August it was noted as having a small but distinct tail. By September it became a conspicous object. On October 6, William Herschel noted the tail of the comet had grown a good deal. It finally disappeared in early 1812.



On December 16th, 1811 the New Madrid earthquakes occurred and they continued until February 7, 1812. The first earthquake and the series that followed were the largest ever witnessed by white men on this continent. For a while the Mississippi River appeared to flow backwards and steamboats were washed miles inland. Huge waves fifteen to twenty feet high overwhelmed many boats. Some of the 8.0 quakes caused church bells to swing all the way to Pennsylvania.

In 1812 things didn't die down even after the comet left and the earthquakes stopped. 1812 is the year famous in American history for the War of 1812 and has been called America's second war of independence. On June 18, America declared war on Great Britain. The War of 1812 isn't taught much in the schools these days. Most people don't know that one of the results of the war was the burning of Washington D.C. in 1814.