Storm Éowyn has caused much damage, but does not compare with devastation of 1839 tempest Waves were said to have broken over the top of the Cliffs of Moher during the 'Big Wind' of 1839.

In Irish history, it is known as the "Night of the Big Wind" or "Oíche na Gaoithe Móire ... A heavy snowstorm on January 5 was followed by a balmy sunny day, almost unheard of for that time ...

In the face of this environmental disaster, however, a firefighting team from Hungary made a name for themselves out on the desert sands, astride a jet-engined tank named Big Wind. Big Wind was ...

In the face of this environmental disaster, however, a firefighting team from Hungary made a name for themselves out on the desert sands, astride a jet-engined tank named Big Wind. Continue ...

And impending offshore winds could end up being the strongest wind event of the fire season ... soaking storm since early spring. “Our last big rain event was in fact on March 30,” Wheeler ...