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.
Must have been scary AF.
Not knowing in advance , with no time to prepare and such
also... NOAA records since before 1800 ... really dunno how they recorded these back in the days.
@BLuOXide @Beanc I would (big) guess that a coastal community would be able to make *some* predictions based on previous experience and even folklore but you'd maybe be talking about a much shorter lead time. It must have been incredibly frightening. The communities survived though, so they got some things right.