Sunday, April 18, 2021

The way we were-----The Powhattan Disaster

"The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
The week of Easter,  1854, a powerful nor'easter, that peculiar type of storm that occurs in the North Atlantic caused when a cold air mass from Canada runs into warm gulf stream current, struck the US and Canadian eastern seaboard. The mighty storm would result in the loss of a ship called the Powhattan, in a story of woe that rivals the most dramatic tragedies of literature. 
This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration.  As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration." 

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