Hurricane Juan was a large and erratic tropical cyclone that looped twice near the Louisiana coast, causing widespread flooding. It was the tenth named storm of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, forming in the central Gulf of Mexico in late October. Juan made landfall near Morgan City. Weakening to tropical storm status over land, it turned back to the southeast over open waters, crossing the Mississippi River Delta. Turning to the northeast, it made its final landfall just west of Pensacola, Florida. Juan was the last of three hurricanes to move over Louisiana during the season, after Danny in August and Elena in early September. Twelve people died in the storm, including nine in maritime accidents off Louisiana. Rainfall and a high storm surge flooded 50,000 houses and many communities in southern Louisiana, causing extensive agriculture losses. Juan directly inflicted about $1.5 billion in damage, making it among the costliest United States hurricanes.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1835:

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.2 Ms devastated Concepción, Chile, and the resulting tsunami destroyed the neighboring city of Talcahuano. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835_Concepci%C3%B3n_earthquake

1872:

New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of over two million works of art, opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art

1959:

The Canadian government under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow interceptor aircraft program amid much political debate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

2009:

The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft packed with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_suicide_air_raid_on_Colombo

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

esurient: (formal, now often humorous) Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/esurient

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Remember, stay ahead of them. Keep the mystery, always mystery. Excess within control.   --Somewhere in Time https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Somewhere_in_Time