10 Epic Natural Disasters From Throughout History

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1. Don't need from and throughout in the title either one or the other

2. Not mentioned: the bolide impact that formed the Burckle crater in the Indian Ocean that sent a wall of water probably 500 feet high into Iraq and other surrounding countries – the effect of which is still evident in the chevrons eroded into surrounding land. As it happened about the year 2850, all we have for records are the subsequent myths recorded in the Eridu Genesis, the Epic of Atrahasis, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and eventually the flood of Noah. Death toll? Everyone except [Ziusudra | Atrahasis | Utnapishtim | Noah] and his wife. 🙂

3. If you ask a current year scammer they will blame all of these on global warming (or climate change, or whatever the scam is being rebranded into these days.)

4. Watching this vid and low and behold….. patrick steward commercial! Are you having patrick steward open for you now? Cheers and keep the trivia info rolling. Actually answered a few questions before from just your vids!

5. how is wood earthquake resistant?

6. justin…ian?? ohh that must be the emperor of canada!! there is a plague coming?? get paul revere and tell him to ride quickly.

7. Dude, the current Aus bushfires are worse RIGHT NOW! Your first entry should be the Aus bushfire instead

8. It must be a tough decision to kill 900,000 of your own countrymen to unsuccessfully stop the Japanese army. ?

9. Only 1.2 million acres burned? How quaint. Australia's fires burning as I type this have already broken 10.5 million acres

10. It's interesting that no hurricanes/typhoons made this list. I live in the Bahamas so the nightmare of Dorian is still fresh.
    I look at these and realize it could have been worse but somehow that doesn't make me feel better about the horrors 2 major islands of my country went through.

11. Sir Whistler, an honor to hear your narration. I never knew about Westigo. The disasters that are occurring not might heard world round too (war I mean by that). Excellent show ‘ol boy! Natural disasters will always occur, but the report has opened my eyes. I knew about a few of them. Thanks again for your show.

12. I would have thought the Christmas Tsunami in the Indian Ocean would have at least rated an honorable mention.

13. Why didn't you include any snow fall over an inch in England the country stops and food runs out mean while Sweden gets 4ft and not even school shuts haha

14. About the Justinian plague: Procopius of Cesarea wrote that in travelling through Libya( it`s North Africa) he could travel for days without seeing a living human being!

15. Horrific? Yes. Well done? Very. I have to say that your videos probably have done more to educate people about history than public education ever will.

16. But but but…I thought only white men could cause climate change?!

17. Awesome video as always, the Krakotoa explosion was heard around the world not once but some say two or three times

18. LET'S NOT HOPE FOR ANOTHER, NATURAL OR MAN MADE!

19. Was climate change to blame?

20. The current fires here in Australia are devastating our country to the point we could be in the running to make this list. Australia has been burning since November and its only getting worse, they are now estimating that over a billion animals have been killed, and just today another firefighter lost his life trying to save his country.

21. Australia 2019/2020 fires.

22. I would say justinian is mainly know for his codex. One of the most famous legal sources in history

23. 1.2 million acres.
    Australia: hold my beer

24. Sloppy. Justitian?

25. 3:15 You show the exact same picture here for the aftermath of the Calcutta cyclone as you show at 4:48 for the aftermath of the Coringa cyclone.

26. It took until 1922?!

27. Who else think that Simon would be great at ASMR?

28. Number 7… 1976? But the paper said 1786

29. You still need to be wary of staying in a fire area in water. That water will becoming too hot to keep you safe…

30. I wonder if June 1st, 1976 is Simon’s Birthday ?

31. More clear examples of climate change…

32. There is give, and there is take, this is life

33. My in laws live in Peshtigo, Wisconsin and there is a museum there about the fire. I had never heard of the Peshtigo fire until I visited the town.

34. WISCONSIN! WISCONSIN! WE'RE THE BEST AT KILLING TONS OF PEOPLE

35. I'm from Wisconsin ??

36. I think natural disasters existed even before the human race

37. You need to get your videographers spelling lessons. Justitian? You mean justiNian right?

38. Listing to this i I walk across Green Bay at 10pm so the peshtigo fire is tough to see on here

39. Simon did you say 1976 instead of 1776. It's OK your still my fav.

40. Fun fact about the Peshtigo fire: William Ogden, former mayor of Chicago and one of its founding fathers, owned a large tract of land and a lumber mill in Peshtigo. He lost millions as Chicago burned but also as Peshtigo burned. He continued to pay his lumber workers as they rebuilt and is considered a hero in Peshtigo to this day, in addition to having streets, etc named after him in Chicago.

41. Simon you should totally do a Top Ten of your favorite Top Tenz!!

42. The first image you used is from germany…a Country that doesn't really have natural disasters^^
    Floods…sure…Minor Earthquakes that often go unnoticed by the public…Heavy rain…Storms…
    Nothing too scary or lethal tho. Climate change will give us some bigger wildfires and more of the above but we don't belong in this video^^

43. You're a nice Legacy Simon. lol

44. This really defines the term "first world problems" in an impactful way. Thanks Simon!

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