November 2, 2020 - Ben Franklin's "Eclipse Hurricane"
- Author
- The Weather Network
- Published
- Mon 02 Nov 2020
- Episode Link
- https://www.theweathernetwork.com/weatherhistory
On This Day in Weather History, on November 2, 1743, a severe storm struck the American colonies from Virginia northward. The storm might have been a late-season hurricane. The storm became known as the ‘Eclipse Hurricane’ because it struck on the night of a lunar eclipse. Benjamin Franklin was set up to observe the eclipse that night….this didn’t help.
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