The clear implication is this is another ‘extreme weather event’ caused by man-made climate change and we must brace ourselves for a return to the Middle Ages to rid ourselves of all polluting energy sources before it’s too late and we’re all doomed.
But note the use of the word ‘modern’ because these 185 mph winds are not the worst in history. Back in 1780, the Caribbean was hit by no fewer than three hurricanes in one month.
The first October hurricane ‘decimated Jamaica’s Montego Bay to the extent that scarcely a vestige remained’. The second, the Great Storm, saw winds of 200 mph, threw cannons through the air, deposited a warship on the top of a Barbados hospital and stripped bark from the trees. It left 22,000 people dead. The third hit Cuba and Barbados where 6,000 people were killed, according to historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s “In the Hurricane’s Eye”.
Philbrick says the devastation caused the Spanish, French and British navies to change their strategies, which contributed to the United States winning independence. The point being that ‘extreme weather events’ are not a modern phenomenon. Even if the climate is changing, and even if we are partly responsible for it, the weather has always been with us. It’s always been fearsome, unpredictable and beyond our control. It’s wise to be a BBC-sceptic even if you’re not a climate-change sceptic.
https://allthingsliberty.com/2022/07/the-great-hurricanes-of-1780/
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