We hear that hurricanes are growing worse, but that idea does not hold up under scrutiny. In fact a new technique is showing just the opposite. One can only imagine the horrors visited upon the Indians living there at the time.
According to this book; Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present, and Future
by Richard J. Murnane (Editor), Kam-biu Liu (Editor)
"Paleotempestology is an emerging field of science that studies past tropical cyclone activity mainly through the use of geological proxy techniques..."
A study of the past 5,000 years reveals the past 1.000 years to have been relatively quiet.
http://www.amazon.com/reader/0231123884?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=sib_sip_pdp_pg&query=hurricane%20history#reader
http://www.amazon.com/reader/0231123884?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=sib_sip_pdp_pg&query=hurricane%20history#reader
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Hurricanes on the Eastern Seaboard were much worse 5,000 years ago
Posted by Historical Melungeons at 5/03/2009 06:39:00 PM
Labels: Algonquian Indians, eastern seaboard, georgia, hurricanes, hurricanos, mississippi, north carolina, South Carolina