Hurricanes before Satellite Tracking etc

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These sailors had to deal with what ever came at them depending on "the glass" (barometer) to let them know how bad the storm would be and the direction of the clouds which when a hurricane is closing in they will be going in an unusual direction.

Sailing through a dying Hurricane at about 14 minutes in video below

or this book Typhoon by Josef Conrad 1920.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1142/1142-h/1142-h.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbyeIXeVr7c