“Cry if you see me.” – Extreme low water levels in the The Netherlands reveal inscription from 1417 in river bed’s rock

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1. Hey dutchies, this is your chance to send messages to 2100s (or maybe 2030s)

2. So.. what is known about the 1417 drought?

3. See, this climate change has a lot of upsides! /s

4. So this means that climate change has been going on since at least since 1417?

5. I think the title is a bit misleading here. It says the oldest stone found from 1417 was found in Germany, near Berlin: “De oudst bekende verwijzing naar een zeer lage waterstand komt uit 1417. Die werd gevonden in de rivier de Spree bij Berlijn.”

   The “cry if you see me” text was found on a rock in the river Elbe, which flows from the Czech Republic to Germany, not the Netherlands.

   But yes, there are droughts and those (also some rocks with inscription) are also visible in the Rhine in the Netherlands.

6. So now if we see this rock again next year or in, say, a hundred years, it is probably too late.