Hurricane Fay was the first of two hurricanes to make landfall on Bermuda in October 2014. The fifth hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, it was Bermuda's first landfalling hurricane since Emily in 1987. Fay briefly achieved Category 1 hurricane status while making landfall on Bermuda early on October 12, and despite its modest strength, produced extensive damage. Winds gusting over 100 mph (160 km/h) clogged roadways with downed trees and utility poles, and left a majority of the island's electric customers without power. The terminal building at L.F. Wade International Airport was flooded, and along the coast, the storm unmoored and destroyed numerous boats. Within six days, before cleanup efforts could be completed, the stronger Hurricane Gonzalo struck the island and compounded the damage. Fay and Gonzalo marked the first recorded instance of two Bermuda hurricane landfalls in one season.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1786:
Ten days after being formed by an earthquake, a landslide dam on the Dadu River in China was destroyed by an aftershock, causing a flood that killed an estimated 100,000 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1786_Kangding-Luding_earthquake
1838:
At least 28 unarmed Indigenous Australians were massacred at Myall Creek, New South Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myall_Creek_massacre
1916:
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unified and independent Arab state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Revolt
1991:
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she remained a captive until 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jaycee_Dugard
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
fillip: 1. (archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick. 2. A smart strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. 3. (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. 4. (by extension) Something that excites or stimulates. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fillip
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
There is no God but Love. --Fakhruddin 'Iraqi https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fakhruddin_%27Iraqi