Sometimes I can only imagine what it was like in these islands 200 years ago in these storms.
With limited comms, aid, etc 😱
@Beanc 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution hadn't begun to warm the planet to the point of storms like these. They were likely still dangerous and difficult but they would have been far more survivable.
this is not 200 years ago, but it is older and does hint what happens to the human beings that are in the elements, from reddit
and the link to the excerpt
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letter_by_Alexander_Hamilton_on_the_hurricane_of_August_1772
@Armchaircouch Well, 252 but what's 48 years between friends 🤣 @Beanc
See? i knew someone here could pull that together 😂♥️ ty @stueytheround @Beanc
@Armchaircouch The suffering is still suffering and of course without the benefit of modern medicines, the impact of waterborne diseases would be increased too. Awful. @Beanc
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I'm going to guess the Native Americans had too much sense to build permanent dwellings on Cedar Key, though.
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oh, apparently that was written in 1772 so yes that was 300 years ago or something