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How did Native Americans deal with massive hurricanes like "Irma"? Do we have any archaeological or other evidence as to how pre-contact peoples handled these kind of events?

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In late 19th/early 20th century Britain how did people who grew up with large numbers of servants adapt to having a lot fewer or no servants as the 20th century progressed?

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I'm an American business man in the mid-19th century. My work requires routine travel by ship between East Coast cities by ship. Are my odds of being in an accident of some sort greater than a modern commuter doing frequent air travel between the same cities?

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How did Native Americans deal with massive hurricanes like "Irma"? Do we have any archaeological or other evidence as to how pre-contact peoples handled these kind of events?	3
In late 19th/early 20th century Britain how did people who grew up with large numbers of servants adapt to having a lot fewer or no servants as the 20th century progressed?	2
I'm an American business man in the mid-19th century. My work requires routine travel by ship between East Coast cities by ship. Are my odds of being in an accident of some sort greater than a modern commuter doing frequent air travel between the same cities?	1