A state of emergency was declared for Louisiana on 26 August. The author Daniel Defoe, who would later enjoy worldwide acclaim for the novel Robinson Crusoe, witnessed the storm, which he described as an “Army of Terror in its furious March.” His first book, The Storm, was published the following year. An atmospheric trough that started developing west of Africa on 1617 August, manifested to a ‘tropical storm’ by 21 August. More than 5,000 homes along the river were destroyed. Intro Fm E A E Fm E A E Verse Fm E A I remember when I was young D A I would stand out on the road D A E Fm E Fm Hear your story told, days of old D A And the people gathered 'round D A You were the talk of the town E Fm E I know Fm E A E Fm Used to think it was bad advice () E A Lived my life inside my mind D. Huge waves on the Thames River sent water six feet higher than ever before recorded near London. It is the story of a man's search for peace. It tells of being alone, finding love, and love lost. All of its residents, including its designer, Henry Winstanley, were killed. Lost in the Storm is the story of a man's emotional journey through life, told in the form of poetry. The Eddystone Lighthouse, built on a rock outcropping 14 miles from Plymouth, was felled by the storm. However, the death toll really mounted when 300 Royal Navy ships anchored off the country’s southern coast-with 8,000 sailors on board-were lost. Towns such as Plymouth, Hull, Cowes, Portsmouth and Bristol were devastated. Wood beams, separated from buildings, flew through the air and killed hundreds across the south of the country. With winds estimated at over 80 miles per hour, bricks were blown from some buildings and embedded in others. Many homes and other buildings were damaged by the pounding winds, but the hurricane-like storm only began doing serious damage on November 26. The unusual weather began on November 14 as strong winds from the Atlantic Ocean battered the south of Britain and Wales. Hundreds of Royal Navy ships were lost to the storm, the worst in Britain’s history. Featuring hurricane strength winds, the storm killed somewhere between 10,000 and 30,000 people. By preserving the stories written by survivors and making them widely available to a broad audience. On November 27, 1703, an unusual storm system finally dissipates over England after wreaking havoc on the country for nearly two weeks. Millions of individual stories are lost to us forever.

Lost in the storm