The 1995 Pacific hurricane season, running roughly from May to November, was the least active one since 1979. Of the eleven tropical cyclones that formed, four affected land, all in Mexico: Hurricane Flossie killed seven people around Baja California, Tropical Storm Gil dropped heavy rainfall in Southern Mexico, Hurricane Henriette caused moderate damage near Cabo San Lucas, and Ismael struck the state of Sinaloa as a minimal hurricane, killing at least 116 people. The strongest hurricane of the season was Hurricane Juliette, which reached peak winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) but did not significantly affect land. Of eleven tropical cyclones, including Tropical Depression Erick and Tropical Storm Flossie (both pictured, with Erick to the left), ten became tropical storms. Seven storms attained hurricane status, of which three acquired major hurricane status. The number of tropical storms was much less than the average of 16 storms, with a slightly below average number of hurricanes and major hurricanes.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Pacific_hurricane_season
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1823:
A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, was first published anonymously. Authorship was later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas
1876:
The Great Powers convened the Constantinople Conference to discuss political reforms both in Bosnia and in the Ottoman territories with a majority Bulgarian population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople_Conference
1916:
First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory in the Battle of Magdhaba, located in the Sinai Peninsula. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magdhaba
1958:
The Tokyo Tower (pictured), the tallest self-supporting steel structure in the world at 332.5 metres (1,091 ft), opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower
2010:
A monsoonal trough brought torrential rain to Queensland, causing massive flooding that killed 38 people and caused A$2.38 billion in damage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Queensland_floods
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
relict: 1. Something which, or someone who, survives or remains after the loss of others (compare relic). 2. (archaic) The surviving member of a married couple; a widow or widower. 3. (biology, ecology) A species, organism or ecosystem which was once widespread but which is now found only in a few areas: some think the Loch Ness monster is a relict from the age of dinosaurs. 4. (geology) A structure or other feature which has survived from a previous age: dark rims are a relict of a primary interaction between basalt and seawater. 5. (linguistics) A word or language which survives as an archaicism. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/relict
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
All I'm saying is, if you celebrate Festivus, you may live a little longer. You are getting back to the essentials, to the days of gods on mountaintops and howling wolves. Because you are saying the holidays are in the heart, a celebration of being alive with our fellow humans. For that purpose, an aluminum pole will do just as well as anything else — as long as it's not stuck in the wrong place. --Jerry Stiller https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerry_Stiller