I wonder who decided to Spring ahead and fall behind?
I wonder why we decided to change clocks and found out this
If you live near the equator, day and night are almost the same length which is bout 12 hours and anywhere else on Earth, there is much more daylight in the summer than in the winter. The closer you live to the North or South Pole, the longer the period of daylight in the summer countries near the equator dont change clocks. Check out this site and it tells you everything :
http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
We like it here in the US cause you get more daylight in the summer and I like it light out at 8 at night cause you can do alot more in the day.
It started in the US since World War I. We did it to save on fuel to produce electric power then other countries started doing it too in 1916.
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on October 26th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Dear Tre,
Daylight Saving Time is a mixed bag! I love having the longer daylight hours in the summer too, but I hear that the savings don’t measure out. Have you heard anything about the energy being saved? I’d love to hear about it if you do.
Speaking of having a lot of daylight, two years ago I went on a fly fishing trip to the Arctic Circle. I had always heard about 24 hours of daylight, but to be that far north and see it for myself…it was strange. I can’t image what winters are like there. Could be a bit depressing if you’re someone like me who needs a lot of sunshine. Here is a link to a blog post about my trip. I took a picture of me at midnight!
Visit the Arctic Circle
Have a great day!
Mrs. Y♥llis
California