Ships and storms?

[Oaty]

only seen one so far, and while trying to get out of it, it was sunk ;)
hmm, i think it was even in the prologue ;)

It seems the prologue is programmed more often for special events so you can get a better feel of the game. As far as ships getting into a storm its a vast body of water and unless you have ships everywhere chances are slim you will get hit until you dominate the seas. Not that the game is being nasty but if you have ships everywhere your chances are increased

[Tricky Lady]

I've seen a few storms near Sicily. I was on my way to Carthage to obey the Senate and blockade their port, when a storm appeared just next to my fleet and right above a Scipii fleet. I managed to get away from the storm the next turn, but the Scipii fleet disappeared.
The same thing was repeated a few turns later but I've yet to lose a fleet to a storm (I guess I was just lucky).

[The Tuffen]

I've yet to experiance a storm. Had Mt Etna erupt once but thats it.

[Spartiate]

I have seen about 4 to 5 storms without any damage to my ships as of yet.No volcanic eruptions yet.