Scientific American says that heavy rain in Buenos Aires proves global warming.
GREAT STORM AT BUENOS AYRES.
[From the Buenos Ayres Standard, March 11th 1870.]
The rainfall was the most dreadful ever known; the algibes were soon filled, and then the water flooded all the lower rooms of the houses, in some places to the height of three feet. We hear of floors having given way in many houses, and in one case the occupants of a room narrowly escaped falling into an old well or water-closet under the floor. The houses near the brewery in Calle Bolivar were under water to the height of three feet, and in those streets adjacent to the Tercero the inhabitants were all but drowned. The Plaza Parque was a naviga-ble lake, and the Café del Parque was inundated. About 10 o’clock the rain subsided, and the wind began to blow with tremendous force, coming in gusts and causing some of the highest houses to shake. At 11 p.m. it was like a hurricane, and continued with more or less force till 2 in the morning. The captain of the bark Damon, says it was the most fearful gale he ever experienced ; it blew so hard that he could not stand on deck, and the water washed clean over his ship; his anchors could not prevent him from dragging about 120 fathoms. Her Majesty’s ship Cracker rode it out well, having foreseen the storm by the fall of the glass from 29.90 at noon to 29.58 when the storm began; four ships drove past her but did no harm. The whale boats were carried about in every direction ; one was seen to go down with two men aboard, and of the 72 lost or aground it is believed many of them had one or two men aboard.
The scene which presented itself yesterday at daybreak is beyond description: nine corpses were picked up on the beach, three at the foot of Calle San Martin, and others are reported but need confirmation.
24 Jun 1870 – GREAT STORM AT BUENOS AYRES. [From the Buenos Ay…
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