Hurricane Michael unearths a shipwreck.
By April
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
Defuniak Springs, Florida
October 21, 2018 7:41am CST
In was going through the news tab on the Silk Browser on my Kindle and came across this news story. There have been a lot of stories that have come out of Hurricane Michael, especially from around my neck of the woods. This one is a happy one through, which is a nice change of pace.
Fifteen ships washed ashore on Dog Island in 1899 during a Category 2 hurricane that became known as the Carrabelle Hurricane.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct 18
Why do you say that? The history that this find holds is much better than any monetary prize that could be found
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
21 Oct 18
@thislittlepennyearns _I enjoy reading about history. But in a museum people will go look at valuable gold artifacts before clay pottery. What comes to people's mind first when they hear news of sunken ships?
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct 18
@josie_ that's not necessarily true. Clay pots hold as much historical value of not more as good coins..
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
21 Oct 18
@thislittlepennyearns If they were insured by Lloyds's of London, someone will be trying to find the providence to prove which ships they were.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct 18
I would assume somebody will be able to. At least I hope so.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct 18
@DWDavis I'm sure this is just the beginning of this story. I've added it to my feed so hopefully I will be able to follow the developments.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Oct 18
I read about that last night. Pretty cool. It would have been even more awesome if they had been previously undocumented shipwrecks, but in this case the shipwrecks have been throughly documented.
@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Oct 18
That's certainly different to find those ships from since a long time ago.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct 18
It's the second one they've found..
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Oct 18
That is a pretty cool find. Beachcombing is best after a storm.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Oct 18
This is mega beach combing for sure.
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