e or drought is anthropogenically caused and unprecedented. Whatever may or may not be true regarding the global warming creed, it is certainly not true that the last several decades have seen an increase in either the severity or frequency of weather or climate-related events. In fact, a considerable amount of evidence points in the opposite direction.
I provide most of my sources at the end of the list.
Extreme cyclonic storm, Dartmoor England – Oct. 21, 1638: Violent tornado-like storm throwing fireballs demolishes a church while in service, killing about 50 parishioners, spawns legends attributing the freak storm to the devil.
Extreme hurricane strikes Guadeloupe – Aug. 4, 1666. Six-foot-thick rock walls are smashed to rubble by gigantic sea wave, dozens of ships demolished and sunk, thousands drown.
Savage Atlantic hurricane – Nov. 1703: Pounds coastal England for fourteen days. Giant waves flood the Thames River, some 300 ships and 30,000 sailors are lost in the storm. Many ships are thrown up onto the land by the huge waves, thousands of casualties and drowned cattle.
Severe hurricane sinks Spanish flotilla off coast of Florida – July 31, 1715: Preceded by a strange mist that envelops the fleet, 100 mph winds destroy a Spanish fleet of 11 treasure-laden ships within five minutes, more than 1,000 men are killed.
Powerful cyclone, Bay of Bengal India – Oct. 7, 1737: Huge cyclone drives a 40-foot-high storm wave across densely populated land near mouth of Hooghly River, engulfing seaport, destroying 20,000 ships and drowning 300,000 people.
Devastating drought-induced famine in Hindustan, India – 1769-1770: No rain for a year-and-a-half wipes out entire province. 3,000,000 die of starvation and disease. When crops finally return no one remains to harvest them and they rot in the fields.
Powerful hurricane strikes North Carolina – Sept. 1-3, 1772: Eastern seaboard devastated under a massive hurricane, 15 large frigates ripped from their moorings and thrown inland for several miles.
Great hurricane, Caribbean – Oct. 10, 1780: Gigantic hurricane unleashes its fury across the West Indies. Every tree and building on the island of Barbados is destroyed, 6,000 are killed. On Martinique, 40 ships in a French fleet are demolished and 4,000 soldiers drown; 20 villages are completely destroyed along with 9,000 people. The storm is so violent it actually causes earthquakes.
Extreme hurricane blasts Savannah, GA – Sept. 12, 1804: 100+ mile-per-hour winds flatten forests and a military fort, tossing 4,800 pound cannons hundreds of feet into the air. Sweeping north it devastates Charleston, SC, wrecking dozens of ships and sinking five. It continues north to New England, crushing forests and houses along the way.
Hurricane, West Indies, Barbados, Louisiana – Aug. 10-11, 1831: Barbados is laid waste by intense, destructive storm that destroys virtually all trees and vegetation on the island. 1,500 killed, damage at $7.5 million.
Cyclone, Coringa, India – 1839: 40 foot waves crush 20,000 vessels and 300,000 are killed.
Savage Cyclone wipes out Calcutta, India – Oct. 5, 1864: Intense winds drive a 40-foot sea wave into Calcutta harbor, destroying more than 200 ships, submerging the city and instantly drowning more than 50,000 inhabitants. Destruction of the water system brings on disease which kills another 30,000 within a few weeks.
Intense hurricane, Nova Scotia, Canada – Aug. 24-25, 1873: Utterly destroys the harbors of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Newfoundland. Over 1000 ships sink, or are torn apart. 600 lives are lost.
Cyclone, Backergunge, India – Oct. 31, 1876: Massive cyclone smashes into the Bay of Bengal region of India, instantly drowning 100,000 people; 100,000 additional deaths due to disease spread by the storm.
Freak gale of Feb. 21-22, 1879: Storm pushes massive waves against Gloucester, Massachusetts. 15 ships in the harbor are overturned by the intense wind, drowning 157 men.
Drought and massive famine, China – 1877-1878: Failure of monsoons for three years straight triggers devastating famine in four provinces of n