Hurricane Humberto was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused extensive wind damage in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda during September 2019. It was the eighth named storm and third hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Humberto formed on September 13, then paralleled the eastern coastline of Florida until September 16, when it turned sharply northeastward and became a hurricane. It reached peak intensity as a Category 3 hurricane on September 18. After its center passed within 65 miles (100 km) of Bermuda on September 19, the storm transitioned the next day to a potent extratropical cyclone. Rip currents killed one person in Florida and another in North Carolina. In Bermuda, peak surface winds of around 110 mph (180 km/h), with higher gusts, caused widespread damage to trees, roofs, crops, and power lines. About 600 buildings had roof damage, and L.F. Wade International Airport and the Bermuda Weather Service campus suffered property damage.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1849:

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in the U.S. state of Maryland, and later orchestrated the rescues of other slaves via the Underground Railroad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman

1939:

World War II: The Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, sixteen days after Nazi Germany's attack on the country from the west. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland

1980:

Solidarity, a Polish trade union, was founded as the first independent labor union in an Eastern Bloc country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Solidarity

2011:

Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

hokum: 1. (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate. 2. (countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc. 3. (countable, informal) A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material. 4. (uncountable, music) A genre of blues song or music, often characterized by sexual innuendos or satire. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hokum

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died.   --Norm Macdonald https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Norm_Macdonald