Hurricane John formed during the 1994 Pacific season and became both the longest-lasting and the farthest-traveling tropical cyclone ever observed. John formed during the strong El Niño episode of 1991 to 1994 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, the highest categorization. It was recognized as Tropical Depression Ten-E on August 11, 300 nautical miles (560 km) south- southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, and named Tropical Storm John later the same day. In total, it followed a 7,165 mi (11,530 km) path from the eastern Pacific to the western Pacific and back to the central Pacific, lasting 31 days. Because it existed in both the eastern and western Pacific, John was one of a small number of tropical cyclones to be designated as both a hurricane and a typhoon. It was only the fifth tropical cyclone to enter the central Pacific from the western Pacific. John barely affected land, bringing only minimal effects to the Hawaiian Islands (some minor flooding but no reported injuries or significant damage) and a U.S. military base on Johnston Atoll, where damage to structures was estimated at about $15 million. The storm's remnants later affected Alaska.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_John_(1994)
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
2492 BC:
According to legend, Armenian culture hero Hayk slew the giant king Bel with a shot from a longbow near Lake Van (in modern Turkey). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayk
1492:
The first papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Pope Innocent VIII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_conclave,_1492
1786:
Captain Francis Light founded the British colony of Penang, beginning more than a century of British involvement in Malaya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang
1942:
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent for their "Secret Communications System", an early technique of frequency-hopping spread spectrum that later became the basis for many forms of today's wireless communication systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Antheil
2012:
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
bevy: 1. A group of animals, in particular quail. 2. A large group or collection. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bevy
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock I stand. That he will not torture the forgiving. Upon that rock I stand. That every man should be true to himself, and that there is no world, no star, in which honesty is a crime. Upon that rock I stand. The honest man, the good woman, the happy child, have nothing to fear, either in this world or the world to come. Upon that rock I stand. --Robert G. Ingersoll https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll