Hurricane Dorian was the strongest hurricane to affect the Bahamas, causing catastrophic damage in September 2019. Dorian originated from a tropical wave off the western coast of Africa on August 19 and became a tropical storm on August 24. It strengthened over the next few days and on August 27 made landfalls on Barbados and Saint Lucia before entering the Caribbean Sea, where it became a Category 1 hurricane as it moved over the United States Virgin Islands. Dorian achieved Category 5 intensity on September 1 and peak intensity with winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) and a central pressure of 910 mbar (hPa; 26.87 inHg) while making landfall at Elbow Cay in the Bahamas. Weakening steadily throughout the next day, the storm's forward momentum slowed drastically while it was crossing over Grand Bahama. On September 6, Dorian made landfall at Cape Hatteras as a Category 2 hurricane. It transitioned into a post-tropical cyclone on September 7 just before passing over Nova Scotia and was absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone on September 9.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorological_history_of_Hurricane_Dorian
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1766:
Captive Malagasy on a slave ship began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meermin_slave_mutiny
1943:
Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, delivered a speech calling for a "total war" to motivate the German people as the tide of World War II turned against Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportpalast_speech
1977:
NASA's first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, made its first test flight atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (both pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise
2001:
Inter-ethnic violence between the Dayak and the Madurese broke out in Sampit, Indonesia, ultimately causing more than 500 deaths and the displacement of 100,000 Madurese from their homes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampit_conflict
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
husbandry: 1. The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture. 2. The prudent management or conservation of resources. 3. (now chiefly nautical) Administration or management of day-to-day matters. 4. (obsolete) Agricultural or cultivated land. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/husbandry
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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