Wild Weather of Britain - The Great Storm of 1703

[@martinwarner1178]

A sailors cry is as a whisper in the ear of death.....unheard. Peace be unto you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Nice words. Thanks for sharing.

[@grumpyoldveteran7286]

I was in Reading on the night of the 1987 storm. 4 of us were staying in a hotel, two shared a room at the back and two in a room at the front. We met up at breakfast, those at the front had got no sleep with the sound of scaffolding poles blowing around while those of us at the back slept right through!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for sharing. I can only imagine the terror back in 1703.

[@DarrenWalley]

Wow, what a story.

[@secretarchitect288]

I was awakened during the '87 storm when my window was blown open and I could hear bins being blown down the street. I got out of bed, closed the window and went back to sleep!

[@jlemaire9418]

Even in Louisiana, a British accent can make all that destruction sound dignified. Cheers, Mr. Chap!

[@TheHistoryChap]

I try my best! Thanks for watching.

[@greg_4201]

😆

[@johnreed8336]

Thank you for remembering the storm of 1703 . This I have read about on several occasions but I am amazed so few people in the UK are aware of it . Also thanks to tip of Defoe's book which I have just ordered.

[@TheHistoryChap]

It’s a good read.

[@philparrish8892]

me too

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

We've got a lot of history.

[@tammysims8716]

Im so glad to have discovered your channel. I truly enjoy the way you describe the historical events with a sense of passion, as it were. Thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@derrickchapman3870]

You are so good at what you do. You should make a DVD. Thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Very kind of you. It would be nice to tell more stories that are not specifically military history.

[@Oscarspoem]

Brilliant. The enthusiasm you show is really nice. I love watching clever people telling interesting stories. 😊

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@the5thmusketeer215]

Out of interest, do you also love watching interesting people telling clever stories….? 🤔 Sorry. I just couldn’t resist! 😉

[@Oscarspoem]

@@the5thmusketeer215 Haha yeah. 😄

[@bobfreestone1752]

Your instruction technique is outstanding.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Very kind of you

[@bobsingh7949]

Brilliant. Thank you. Superbly told.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you.

[@robnewman6101]

Very Interesting.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you.

[@robnewman6101]

You're welcome.

[@jason-iv5lb]

Thanks really enjoyed the history of the great storm 1703

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks Jason. It was one of those subjects that I knew nothing about - I mean, how interesting can a storm be? And then as I did a bit of research I thought "Wow! This story needs to be told". If you haven't already, please consider subscribing to my KZbin Channel or sign up for my talk about 1066 & the Battle of Hastings at www.thehistorychap.com

[@davidwhite4874]

Reminds me of the storm of 1987. The lead-work on our dormer windows was rolled back like sardine tins (I had to unroll and mallet them back into shape). I lay awake with the house shaking and roof tiles cascading off like a waterfall. Ancient woods and forests destroyed forever on the South Downs in Sussex. EDIT: Ah! You mentioned it!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for contributing with your memories of the storm of 1987.

[@nickraschke4737]

What a story. Wow.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks, Nick. If you haven't already, please make sure to subscribe for future videos. kzbin.info Chris

[@philparrish8892]

Another brilliant and interesting video, thank you. I slept right through that storm of October 1987. But that is me - if someone throws a handgrenade into my bedroom while I am sleeping I probably wouldn't be woken by that either. lol Keep up these videos, Chris.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it. Keep safe and out of the wind and rain this weekend.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

So did I, but then I was living in a part of England that wasn't affected.

[@stonefree67]

So glad to have found your channel,long overdue i suppose! So many great stories and adventures to gain knowledge of and you certainly provides! This was the most intriguing one so far and i had no idea of this event. Very,very interesting! Thanks for sharing all these,sometimes remarkable, stories with us. Cheers from Sweden and thank you!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Jan, thanks for your kind words. Please do subscribe so you don't miss my next videos.

[@OGFC]

You are so very good. Keep up the good work.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Very kind of you. Thanks for your support.

[@victorydaydeepstate]

You are really good. I love your videos!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you, that is a very kind comment. Have you watched my talk on 1066 & the battle of Hastings? It is on my website - www.thehistorychap.com

[@victorydaydeepstate]

@@TheHistoryChap I'll have to check it out but the Plantagenet heart still beats in America. I am sickened by England's Fabian fatalism

[@jessemartin7141]

Great story teller. I just found you and will follow. Greeting from Reno, NV USA

[@TheHistoryChap]

many thanks Jesse. Greetings back to you from sunny Cheshire in England.

[@gavinlowe6079]

Very interesting. Perhaps no country has had its history affected by the weather as much as England. Greetings from America!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you Gavin. Glad you enjoyed my story. Yes our weather is a constant source of conversation! If you enjoy British history please pop over to my website where you can get exclusive talks, timelines and royal family trees www.thehistorychap.com

[@ianlangford7967]

Nice one Chris ,really engaging story

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you Ian, lovely to hear from you. Glad you enjoyed it. If you would like to hear more of these sorts of stories please consider subscribing to my channel here on KZbin.

[@Chris-td4yd]

Flipping Heck! Very Interesting! Thanks 🇬🇧

[@TheHistoryChap]

So many great stories from the past here in Britain

[@martinputt6421]

Fascinating video, I've never even heard of this storm before, crazy the amount of damage that was done.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Must have been terrifying, especially out at sea.

[@lesleysmith51]

Never heard of it, truly fascinating. The facts and figures are amazing. Here in America we have had some terrible hurricanes but at least there are warnings available now so people can try and evacuate. My dad would have loved your channel. Have subscribed.

[@TheHistoryChap]

I had never heard of it until I was researching for one of my "This Week in British History" talks and I thought "Wow! this story needs to be told"

[@dominictaylor4993]

Fascinating! Thank you.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stephn4085]

What an amazing story. It must have been terrifying.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Especially for those at sea.

[@johnanthonylucock7833]

A fascinating story. It's a great pity they never teach this in school

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@angusmacdonald4860]

One of the best channels on KZbin, much better then lindy beige

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@elihouse1994]

Really interesting, thank you. I can't imagine the terror those poor people must have felt. Just subscribed to your channel.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@philippkress2777]

Very interesting video! Everytime a pleasure to see your videos!

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@greg_4201]

Didn't know any details about this before. Amazing stories from that night. Great post. Hell of a way to die for the sailors out on the sands... It's great that at least some of them were saved. Those men must have felt pretty damn lucky!

[@TheHistoryChap]

I can't imagine what it must have been like for those sailors on Goodwin Sands.

[@crazyorangejoe3039]

Awesome video! You have a fantastic way of keeping one’s attention!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for your kind words. Please make sure to subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss future videos.

[@kmorton54]

Wow what a fantastic story and storm. You could make a much longer video on this with all the information you have.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Keith, that's very kind of you.

[@joebloggs4807]

Most informative, fact is often stranger than fiction

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you.

[@LoisPallisterCIY]

Really enjoyed your account of this event. I slept through the 1987 storm here in SE London!!! But at least I woke up in the same flat - although the largest tree in our driveway had come down onto the main house which is Grade ll listed and there was a huge degree of luck involved there! They were doing some work on the roof and I am certain that had the secure scaffolding not have been there that tree would have seriously damaged the house. We had no power in the morning and didn't have any battery driven radios so we didn't know what had happened at first and my hubby-type-person set off for work - and got there after zig-zagging round all the fallen trees in his car! Every time I think about the 1703 storm I realise how lucky I am to be here with the direct ancestors I had who lived in Essex and Norfolk at that time. There are many family history researchers who believe that Daniel Defoe was father to a 6th GGF of mine, Benjamin Norton, but I am not at all convinced and will get to researching it further very soon. I know that my Benjamin died in 1771 in Mount Bures, Essex so it shouldn't be too difficult to prove them wrong! Need to see if I can find any evidence as to where and when Benjamin Norton Defoe died. But I do have Defoe's book about the Great Storm and it is indeed a very good read. Loved the way you narrated that - have subscribed and looking forward to seeing what else you have on your channel.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Worts and all!

[@ianfarr4874]

I have just finished a novel about Henry Winstanley - creator of the Eddystone Lighthouse - now attempting to have it published and absolutely love the way this story is captured here with such relish. I have subscribed and will set about devouring more. Thanks for this - Ian

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for your support & thanks for watching my video.

[@anthonymichaelwilson8401]

This storm changed the British Landscape 😊

[@Michael-ws7rc]

Wow I never even heard of this… unimaginable…

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Mat-Ellis]

May favorite 1703 storm anecdote took place after the storm. The Crown sent assessors around the country to see just how much tax could be demanded from each town and county. They found the village of Shoreham, just a few miles west of Brighton, to be completely washed away. The River Adur had changed course and the sand bar the village was built on had washed away. All that was left was the toll booth for the way into Shoreham and even there the tollkeeper had lost his wife in the storm. This toll keeper had also previously lost a leg prior, so not to leave even a shilling on the table, the assessors recorded the population of Shoreham as "3/4" of a person, and assessed the tax burden accordingly.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Mat, that is a great story! If you enjoyed then please make sure to subscribe for future videos. kzbin.info

[@gregorylittle1461]

I've just watched this vlog. Excellent presentation! I wonder how much the destruction prompted emigration to the Colonies?

[@TheHistoryChap]

Doubt it, but it could have been a factor for some folk.

[@harryshriver6223]

What an incredible storm, very powerful and unmitigated. Now you have a taste of what we live with here in America. I have been through my fair share hurricanes and tornadoes, but nothing like this to be sure.

[@TheHistoryChap]

We laways like to pull one out of the big to beat the colonies -:)

[@jonglewongle3438]

I first learned of this event in an article in a British newspaper in late 2003 when I was in the UK. Undoubtedly a 300th anniversary dedication. A tale of inclement weather gone haywire and viral. An absolute bugger of a storm. I think that it mentioned the bishop and his wife episode also related here.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I can't imagine what it must have been like to the sailors out on Goodwin Sands. Please make sure to subscribe for future videos.

[@joeritchie4554]

Never heard of this storm. It is truly horrible. I have been through several hurricanes here in Louisiana, USA. The last one was Ida, and the damage it did was horrible. I am so glad that we have the warning systems nowadays.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for sharing your own experiences.

[@CitizenSmith50]

Although "floundered" is close in meaning, I think you mean "foundered"....... It must have been terrifying in that era in a place where winds like that are not usual! Mind you, Britain is such a relatively small area, it's no wonder so many places were affected!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I hope that you enjoyed.

[@davidwoods7720]

seas and storms........ any chance of adding this to your ever growing list:- O n 10 December 1886, 27 lifeboatmen lost their lives whilst attempting to rescue the crew from the German barque Mexico." We had a relative on the St.Annes crew

[@TheHistoryChap]

Never even heard of it, but will add to my list.

[@mickeymortimer4407]

remarkable presentation, deserves more views doesn't it. Has England had any thing like that since? oh you answered that question at the end! Once in a century? thanks from an Aussie

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for your kind words. Please make sure to subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss future videos.

[@thegentleman4873]

@@TheHistoryChap Are you on Twitter?

[@manfredgrieshaber8693]

People often created stories about devine tribunals after such events. For example after the destruction of the city of Rungholt on the North Sea Coast in Germany in 1362 this story came up: Some drunken men from this city had forced the priest to bless a pig. The horrified priest fled into the church and asked God to punish the sinners. So God sent a devastating storm the following night. But this event later saved the live of a crew member of a RAF bomber during the Second World War. His plane was shut down during the night over the german North Sea Coast, he bailed out with his parachute and landed in the dry mudflat not knowing the water will return in a few hours. An old lady heared the noise of the crash and left her home to see what had happened. Suddenly she heared a strange kind of music in the dark of the night. She went towards the music and found the RAF man playing on an ocarina he had just found in the mud. This ocarina is nowadays preserved in a museum as this instrument was manufactured during the middle ages and is one of a few remainings from that sunken city.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Manfred, thank you for taking the time to share your stories. The RAF pilot story is particularly interesting...it's strange how the golden thread of history weaves its story.

[@eyegorehertz761]

amazing that even after all these calamities, disease and war, humankind still persists and thrives. a versatility that will be its downfall due to over population and resource use.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for sharing

[@boakesey3112]

Another excellent film, thanks. Have you done one about the 1607 Bristol Channel floods and what do you think was the cause? Was it a storm surge, or, as some suggest, the result of a tsunami?

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thank you for your support. No I haven't done one about the 1607 floods. i have seen some wood carvings (online) showing the devastation.

[@miketimmins1973]

I walked through Portsmouth dockyard the morning after the 1987 storm to see one crane toppled and being held up by another crane opposite and H.M.S Victory’s rigging was shredded.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for watching my video & for your interesting feedback.

[@danieljerram7964]

Didn't The stormy seasons also stop Napoleon's invasion plans dead as well. Thank you for the channel absolutely love them

[@TheHistoryChap]

Storms have wrecked several invasion plans.

[@lindathomas5500]

There was a ship torn from it’s moorings in helford passage that sailed over 200 miles, and washed up on the Isle of Wight. Makes you realise how powerful it was!

[@lindathomas5500]

Lol should have waited,you mentioned it. 😂

[@TheHistoryChap]

Ha ha, giggling away...we all jump the gun sometimes. :)

[@TheHistoryChap]

Laughing at your next comment. :)

[@lindathomas5500]

@@TheHistoryChap I seem to do this a lot lol…. I think it’s an age thing, I know if I don’t say it when I think of it, I’ll forget by the end of the video lol

[@Hugh_de_Mortimer]

If anyone is curious, The Storm, and other works, can be accessed free of charge from Project Gutenberg.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for sharing

[@robnewman6101]

Buckingham Palace was originally a House, Not a Palace. Built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Indeed it was.

[@robnewman6101]

Thank you.

[@garybrockwell2031]

Defoe got his story from 🤔 I think Johnathan Selkirk, it was his story 😳👍it was in a pub in Bristol 🆘✌️🤫 Fantastic fact's thank you Chris, twas another very cool lesson💪🤔✌️🇬🇧💯😇 London loves it 🤩😍🇬🇧💯

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks Gary.

[@Rick_Riff]

200 miles in 8 hours in a rouge boat would be terrifying but kind of fun...

[@TheHistoryChap]

Riffy, people pay good money for rides like that at adventure parks!

[@garyholmes9300]

Hi Chris, very interesting chapter of the storm. It has left me wondering about my home town of Hastings, the castle in particular. According to the local history guide, part of the castle fell into the sea along with the Keep. There are a number of stories about how it happened and when. Can you shed any light on this mystery in a future chapter?

[@TheHistoryChap]

I’m not aware of what happened in Hastings, but I will try to take a look at it. Thanks for watching my video

[@BLUEZz73]

The cat 5 Tornado's that tear apart American cities and towns each year are unreal getting worse by the year. They used to get one or two a year now they get 12 at a time in places all town distroy size. Were getting yearly firenados in huge never before seen bushfires and never before seem floods. The times they are'a changin my Friend at least we can hear a Man tell a riverting story still its the symple things in life. I dig the stories you tell them so well Mate.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for your kind words. Unfortunately it does seem that the times they are a changing. Keep safe. Chris

[@simplyphil.photography164]

"well blow me down" L wonder if that qoute arose from this storm, l hope that we dont have one of these storms; nice to know that sombody helped the sailor's

[@TheHistoryChap]

Glad you enjoyed it. The story about the mayor of Deal should be better known.

[@jaymorgan7728]

I slept through the 1987 storm. I was only 7. I was probably dreaming that I was He-Man or something. 😄

[@TheHistoryChap]

I was in Birmingham and we missed it too.

[@Antonnick]

According to the famous song - in Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen........

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for watching my video, like the comment.

[@nitesurfer]

".. and while he was lighting the lamp, the chimney stack came down and killed him...." -Hence the expression " Dire Consequences"

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for taking the time to post your comment.

[@19spurs61]

i like the intro but it looks like a saw film. keep them comin mate

[@TheHistoryChap]

I’m glad you liked the intro

[@jovanweismiller7114]

According to the Bank of England inflation calculator that £6,000,000 would be worth £1,147,516,152.56 today!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Wow, shows the level of damage inflicted.

[@lawrencesword5183]

all i thought in perth scotland 1987 i went to the bus stop and saw two 8 feet double row fencecs flattened they were 4 garden fences and i just said to my self strong wind last night must have been then the fuss on the news at 5 oclock and funy enough my brain was on joining the army 23 regement sas i had just past a test to go further for more training and that month i startted on 5 th october and the storm never really did i pay any or bother about but england i think got it worse but my life changed personelly for the better health wize that month

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thganks for sharing.

[@jmc7034]

And we complain about the adverse weather of today

[@TheHistoryChap]

Indeed. Thanks for watching.

[@MikkellTheImmortal]

13:25 that little boat was moving at around 22 Knots. That is a speed absolutely unheard of for a boat of its day. I tried to figure out what kind of ship/boat it was but had no success.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for watching my video.

[@MikkellTheImmortal]

@@TheHistoryChap I have been watching many of your videos in my down time and I have enjoyed every minute of them. I find them informative and very entertaining. You give a great presentation every time. I can easily see that you work hard on your research and enjoy presenting your findings with no filter or bias. You have always told it like it happened, with no fluff to make what is at times a sensitive subject less disturbing. Some of my favorite videos are ones where you are able to incorporate the journals of the people who were actually there. Field reports are fine, but journals are the inner thoughts and feelings of the people involved. If not for journals, we would have no insight into what really matters to the people involved. And we would not know the real person behind the legend. While writing this I suddenly understand why my Grammar teachers wanted us to write in a journal. It wasn't only to practice our writing, but to also instill in us a desire to record our lives the way we saw it.

[@Hugh_de_Mortimer]

If the atmosphere was that salty I bet no one suffered with asthma

[@TheHistoryChap]

The least of their problems with all the various diseases that were around -:) Have a great weekend.

[@Hugh_de_Mortimer]

@@TheHistoryChap indeed, asthma or other deadly diseases ⚖

[@andrewince8824]

Bad news about that Taunton tree. Us West Country folk have an oral history which goes as follows; P1: It blew my turnips over the beans. P2: it blew his bean stalk over the shed. P3: it blew his shed over the house. P4: it blew his house over the moon. And so on. It is likely what happened was a small stick blew over a kerbstone and the West Country Oral Tradition turned it into a tree over a wall. If just 3 more people were involved in the tale it'd be a whole forest blown clear across Somerset and falling on Truro causing several thousand £ worth of improvements. 😂

[@TheHistoryChap]

Ha ha, thank you so much for sharing.

[@BoerChris]

One thing you didn't mention is that Defoe had run a tile and brick factory in the late 1690s, but he was a terrible businessman, went bust, and - not for the first time - landed in the debtors' prison. He was released a week before the storm hit. Had he been a better businessman, he might have made an absolute mint supplying the tiles and bricks to repair all the damage, but then he would not have had time to write 'The Storm'!

[@TheHistoryChap]

That’s a great story, and you’re right, he would’ve made a fortune as prices went through the roof, pardon the pun!

[@BoerChris]

Might be worth doing a video on Defoe some time.@@TheHistoryChap

[@robnewman6101]

King Georges the 1st & the 2nd spoke English with a Heavy German Accent.

[@TheHistoryChap]

George I never bothered to learn English!

[@robnewman6101]

I see then. Thanks.

[@retiredcolonel6492]

Interesting but it sounds like a pretty average hurricane season here in the southeastern US.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Ha ha, the Americans always do it bigger & better! Best wishes, Chris

[@Threewheelwagon]

This was the storm that brought down Oliver Cromwell's head from the roof of Westminster Hall (where Charles I had stood trial). It had been on display there for over 40 years, since the restoration of Charles II. On being dislodged the head was sold by a sentry to a passer-by for a shilling. After passing through many hands it was finally sealed in a wall cavity at his old alma mater of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. 'How the mighty are fallen'.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for sharing

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Hurricanf force winds don't always mean a hurricane. They can be caused by 2 depressions merging or by a depression being on the cold side of the jet stream.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.

[@robnewman6101]

Tragedy during The Golden Age of Piracy!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Interesting thought.

[@robnewman6101]

Thanks.

[@dennisadams-n4r]

why you dont get a slot on prime tv me and hundreds will never know,,,

[@TheHistoryChap]

You never know what might happen and it would be pretty cool

[@bullettube9863]

Strange isn't it that Britain simply calls this a great storm, while a storm that saved Japan from the Mongols became such a mystical symbol that they named it the Kamikaze! Thank goodness no British suicide bombers ever sacrificed themselves in the war of American Independence!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Ha ha, great observation.

[@Rick_Riff]

Worchester? Did you have A1 and hot sauce? Wait this was before hot sauce

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@Rick_Riff]

@@TheHistoryChap damn I must of been drunk. Horrible joke!

[@robnewman6101]

I have the DORLING KINDERSLEY DK EYEWITNESS GUIDES Book of SHIPWRECK. Discover the mysterious world of Shipwrecks and lost treasures - how they are recovered and preserved.

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for sharing.

[@robnewman6101]

You're welcome.

[@russellblake9850]

how does this compare with the 1987 storm ? Obviously not the same in terms of shipping.

[@TheHistoryChap]

1987 was slightly stronger in wind speeds but loss of life was minimal.

[@robnewman6101]

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[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for sharing.

[@FIGHTGAME100]

Defoe came out of prison just days before the great storm

[@drtimsmith]

This sounds much, much worse than the great storm on 1987.... We know we lost over 5 million trees in Southern England...

[@TheHistoryChap]

I remember 1987. Can't imagine what terror it was at sea in 1703.

[@timgodderis1918]

But did that cow survive , one wonders ?

[@TheHistoryChap]

Could have become a celebrity if it happened in this day & age!

[@invisibleray6987]

I like this story, but I prefer the ones where a bit of English steel is penetrating an Afghans throat

[@TheHistoryChap]

Sorry 😂

[@gunhojput]

A great storm yes but what is amazing is the attitude of the goverment and church of the time it wouldnt happen like that today would it?

[@TheHistoryChap]

Certainly wouldn’t.

[@matthewmckever2312]

😮😮 Was this after the west coast tsunami which ran up the Severn & destroyed Cardiff ??? 😮😮 I slept through the 1987 hurricane because Michael Fish assured me it was all fine 😂😂😂 I walked to school and was 1 of about 10 students out of a 1000 who stood at the gates bewildered by the schools missing roof. Our deputy headmaster was indeed ruthless but this was a touch too far😂😂 He actually married one of the girl student's when it was no longer illegal. Immoral and weird but in 1987 behind closed doors meant something a little different . Same school as Russell Brand who was a year below me. 😮 I remember the skies going dark after Mt St Helen's erupted as well we were sent home early then. Nature, holy handbag. 😮😮😮😮

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for watching my video and the answer is yes. I believe the tsunami was earlier in the Stuart reign,

[@enoughrope1638]

"First Time?" - Charleston, 1703

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@halfhuff976]

Is this the storm that legend says first brought magpies to Ireland

[@TheHistoryChap]

I don't know but why spoil a great legend!

[@halfhuff976]

I agree but I never did get the full story however theirs a voice in my head telling me I was 18something I'd love to know the proper story ,I hate the idea of being on my deathbed and my last thought is how did them yokes get here ,and it might make an interesting video , PS I don't really hear voices that's just a turn of phrase I do really enjoy your video m have a love of English and Irish history having been born in England but raised here in the Gaeltacht I valid reason for both ,that I've spent most of my life in England and despite the English themselves running it down I still firmly believe it's the best most decent none racist country in the world and that's from an Irishman who's first language is Irish ,( just in case there's a smarties out there )

[@halfhuff976]

Until 16 years ago I led in Oxford first few years in heading ton then blackbirdleys I visited three years ago my word but that place a placed I liked and was proud of ,has changed and not for the better but now living here in Ireland on our island watching shows such as this I realise I wasted them years the places I could've should've visited myself I now watch shows such as yours , Have you an KZbin channel email ? I'd very much enjoy sing a chat perhaps maybe sharing a pint of the black stuff

[@godrichall312]

Tarpaulin?? I know what you mean though. Covering of sorts

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@godrichall312]

@@TheHistoryChap Thanks for the reply I've shown my ignorance. I thought tarpaulin was a modern invention. No, used by sales way back to the 1600's. Learn a new thing every day. Cheers

[@cdo29mike]

It's a wonder it wasn't put down to climate change. ⛈️⛈️

[@TheHistoryChap]

😆

[@victorydaydeepstate]

Sounds like Texas

[@TheHistoryChap]

Bit with more history 🤣

[@victorydaydeepstate]

@@TheHistoryChap Of course

[@paulgibbons2320]

What promotes the connection between the Bible and the Storm ? The Jewish diety of war and storms. Somewhere in the land was a war of spirit.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@victorydaydeepstate]

When did the English stop using Viking long boats?

[@TheHistoryChap]

Good question, sometime after the Norman conquest, I guess

[@jurgschupbach3059]

I am disappointed you did not mention the Spanish Armada and their Weather Issue around Britain

[@TheHistoryChap]

I did, just 22 seconds into the talk!

[@lesdodoclips3915]

That’s the “sort of Protestant wind” he mentioned.

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

"Her prayers were answered, she survived." 🤔 Who created the storm in the first place? Maybe next time, just pray for good weather, you'd save everyone who's prayers HE/SHE/IT ignored.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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[@D_DP2]

Global warning?

[@TheHistoryChap]

I like the fact that some preachers said it was God's wrath for not fighting the French with more vigour!

[@D_DP2]

@@TheHistoryChap True indeed. Blustery words represent man’s folly. Liked the vid. Could only imagine the spin off, if it were to happen today....

[@teenieneenie630]

Would help alot if you would show maps of England as you talk of these specific ports and places. Your American audience simply have no idea even as to what coast your speaking of. Just an idea.

[@huntergray3985]

Well, that's global warming for you!

[@TheHistoryChap]

Ha ha

[@handlehaggler]

visual story telling mate - your channel will go further. im not really into the whole "look at this guys face for 30 minutes while he tells a story"

[@TheHistoryChap]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@rayw3294]

Hi mate, I slept through 87 storm. Then braindead politicians spent millions of our money planting trees. Guess what, nature as usual planted better trees for the locations than we could ever of done. Obviously we are part of nature. But, 600 million years of life on land do it better than us. And through much larger storms in history.

[@TheHistoryChap]

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