I was watching something on The Exodus from Egypt earlier.
Apparently all of the plagues piggy-backed off of each other in a 'perfect storm' fashion
1) Red tide - killed fish
2) Frogs left water due to red tide (no oxygen and water was toxic)
The frogs died
3/4) The dead fish/frogs brought lice and flies
5) Livestock got blue tongue from the lice/flies and died
6) Flies bit people and left open sores which became infected and became boils
7) Hail storm - Happens on occasion in the middle east, this sudden addition of excessive humidity to the arid climate allowed for:
8) Locust swarms which ate all the grains/grasses
9) Which causes the seasonal sandstorms to be that much worse with no plant life able to hold the ground in place (blocking out the sun for so long)
10) Theory: The darkness, moisture, and disease carried by the locusts get into the grain stores in the homes of families: In Egyptian culture, the 1st born got the first 2 servings of grain (which were the top two, which fermented into a deadly brew,) which was extremely poisonous. The same happens with cattle, the alphas eat first because they exert their alpha-ness
They even showed that a hard constant wind and a sandbar would allow for the crossing of the red sea.
It was a pretty neat look at history. Oh yeah....started ~1280BCE :bigok: