tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4009613519749113280..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Storms with Revolutionary ConsequencesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-61888979973513023462009-05-09T23:28:00.000-05:002009-05-09T23:28:00.000-05:00Although not quite a storm, my favorite weather-re...Although not quite a storm, my favorite weather-related incident has to be the August 1776 evacuation of Long Island. Moving 9,000 men across the East River under cover of a thick fog to escape the British was indeed a stroke of great luck, or providential. Take your pick. Either way, if the Americans don't get out of there, the rebellion surely would have taken a different direction.Bloomfield Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-3442105035097283942009-05-09T10:21:00.000-05:002009-05-09T10:21:00.000-05:00In the almost-changed-everything category, I think...In the almost-changed-everything category, I think you'd have to include the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Colonial_Hurricane_of_1635" REL="nofollow">Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635</A>, which wrecked the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Gabriel_(ship)" REL="nofollow">Angel Gabriel</A> at Pemaquid, Maine. The passengers just barely made it to shore, as the ship sank and all their goods were lost. <br /><br />The Angel Gabriel was one of the only ships destroyed in the whole of the Puritan migration. Among the passengers who survived the wreck were John Cogswell and his family. After living for a time in tents near the beach, they eventually made their way to Boston, and then finally settled in Ipswich, where John died in 1669. John's teenage son William survived the wreck as well. Good thing, as William's great-great-grandson was John Adams.Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com