Monday, March 16, 2026

Storms Do Not Take Sides

 


The North Atlantic storms that battered the Armada are often described as providential.

They were not selective.

They punished exhaustion, weakened hulls, and desperate navigation. Weather did not choose a victor. It exposed vulnerability.

Nature rarely cares for human narrative.

That realism grounds several recent explorations of the Armada period.


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