Did Europeans know about hurricanes before they came to the New World?

by Bill2theE

What was it like when the first hurricane hit the American colonies? Did they suspect something like that could happen or were they all completely incredulous as to where all this wind and rainappeared from?

Georgy_K_Zhukov

Given the uptick in Hurricane questions today, we've put up a Megathread. I would suggest you consider reposting your question there.