Tropical Storm Ileana was a small tropical cyclone that affected western
Mexico in early August 2018. The eleventh tropical cyclone and ninth
named storm of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season, Ileana originated from
a tropical wave that left the west coast of Africa and traveled across
the Atlantic Ocean before crossing into the eastern Pacific Ocean early
on August 4. The system began to strengthen on August 5, becoming
Tropical Storm Ileana. On August 6, it began to develop an eyewall
structure as it reached its peak intensity with winds of 65 mph
(100 km/h) and a pressure of 998 mbar (29.47 inHg). The storm became
intertwined with Hurricane John; the circulation of John disrupted
Ileana before absorbing it on August 7. Paralleling the coast of Mexico
for much of its existence, Ileana killed four people in Guerrero and
four others in Chiapas. There was flooding in the Mexican states of
Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Estado de México.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Ileana_%282018%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1911:
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by
museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years
later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa>
1945:
American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a
tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to
neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project
fatality due to a criticality accident.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian>
2013:
Syrian civil war: Rockets containing sarin struck opposition-
controlled areas in the Ghouta suburbs of Damascus, resulting in at
least 281 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouta_chemical_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
anhedonic:
(psychiatry, also figurative) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to
feel pleasure.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anhedonic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society — for
nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism
and indifference. We must reclaim the tradition of community in our
society. Only by recognizing that we share a common obligation to one
another and to our country can we ever hope to maximize our national or
personal potential. We must reassert the oneness of America. America has
been and must once again be the seamless web of caring and community.
--Joe Biden
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Biden>