Another date in History - November 26th 1703 - Storm, Southern England

Tomorrow is another day in history to remember.

A violent storm, lasting all day, swept in from the Atlantic, causing havoc as it raged across souther England.

In Cornwall, a lighthouse was swept away, while elsewhere thousands of acres were uprooted and about 150 people killed by flying debris and roof collapses.
An estimated 8,000 seaman died when hundreds of ships were wrecked off the coast.

The British Fleet was devastated.



Another event in November for England was in 1873 - Fog.

London was plagued with thick fogs containing sulphur dioxide (SO2) and soot, referred to as "pea soup", exacerbated by smoke from thousands of industrial and domestic fires.
Between January 26 and 29, 1880, London experienced smog so severe, due to the extraordinary weather conditions of that day, that there were 1176 excess deaths reported.  

Server fog continued to plague London right up until the mid-twentieth century.