Ah, the good old days, before you sinned and ruined the weather: 1703 storm in Britain so non-extreme that only 8,000 people died

UK weather: This week's gales are nothing compared to the storm that drowned Britain | Mail Online

• 8,000 lives were lost, a large swathe of the Royal Navy was wiped out and the Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth was obliterated
• Bishop was found 'with his brains dash'd out' after trying to flee from bed
• Torn from its moorings in Cornwall, one ship with its crew still inside ended up on Isle of Wight's coast - 200 miles away