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Old 07-12-2024, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by danglanzsr View Post
I suspect some Hurricane data has been kept since the time of the Phoenicians, who invented maritime insurance. Insurance claims for hurricane damage are certainly available in insurance company’s records, though obviously not in the detail of modern day weather related science.
Correct. There are spotty records of those stronger storms that made landfall, but they can not compare to today's full-earth satellite coverage. However, researchers have done great work recovering some records going back 1,000 years ... Just a moment...