Bugün öğrendim ki: İngiliz Donanmasının Kıta Donanması'na karşı zemin kaybetmesinin nedenlerinden birinin, diğer şeylerin yanı sıra, 22 bin-27 bin insanı öldüren, gemileri demirlerinden kurtaran ve 100 fit havaya top fırlatan 1780 Büyük Kasırgasıydı.
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1780 The **Great Hurricane of 1780** , also known as **Huracán San Calixto** , the **Great Hurricane of the Antilles** , the **Great Hurricane of the West Indies** , and the **1780 Disaster** ,[1][2] was the deadliest [Atlantic hurricane](/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane "Atlantic hurricane") on record. An estimated 22,000 people died throughout the [Lesser Antilles](/wiki/Lesser_Antilles "Lesser Antilles") when the storm passed through the islands from October 10–16.[3] Specifics on the hurricane's track and strength are unknown, as the official [Atlantic hurricane database](/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane_season "Atlantic hurricane season") only goes back to 1851.[4] The hurricane struck [Barbados](/wiki/Barbados "Barbados") likely as a [Category 5 hurricane](/wiki/Saffir–Simpson_scale