The 1991 Atlantic hurricane season was the first season since 1984 in which no hurricanes developed from tropical waves, which are the source for most North Atlantic tropical cyclones. The most significant storm of the season was Hurricane Bob (satellite image shown), which at the time was among the ten costliest United States hurricanes. After brushing the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Long Island in New York, the hurricane made landfall on Rhode Island. It caused $1.5 billion in damage, mostly in Massachusetts, and 17 fatalities. The strongest hurricane of the season was Claudette, with reported peak winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) near Bermuda. Hurricane Grace, the final named storm of the season, contributed to the development of a powerful nor'easter known as the Perfect Storm that caused $200 million in damage and 13 deaths from Puerto Rico to Canada. The nor'easter later transitioned into a hurricane over the Gulf Stream, finally dissipating over Nova Scotia on November 2.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Atlantic_hurricane_season

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1816:

The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of today's Mauritania, with the survivors escaping on a makeshift raft, which was depicted in Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa (pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa

1962:

The first Walmart store, now the largest company in the world by revenue, opened in Rogers, Arkansas, U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart

1976:

More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially united under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam

2013:

The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto would be named Kerberos and Styx respectively. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx_%28moon%29

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

tinge: 1. (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing. 2. (transitive, figuratively) To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing. 3. (intransitive) To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tinge

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.   --Wisława Szymborska https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wis%C5%82awa_Szymborska