Hurricane Nadine was the fourth-longest-lived Atlantic hurricane on record. The fourteenth tropical cyclone and named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, it developed from a tropical wave west of Cape Verde on September 10. By the following day, it had strengthened into a tropical storm. Well away from any landmass, Nadine reached hurricane status on September 15. Two days later, the storm began moving northeastward toward the Azores, producing tropical-storm-force winds on a few islands, but on September 19 it veered east- southeastward before reaching them. On September 21 Nadine transitioned into a non-tropical low pressure area. Its remnants regenerated into a tropical cyclone on September 24 and became a hurricane again on September 28. After transitioning into an extratropical cyclone, the remnants of Nadine passed through the Azores on October 4 and again brought strong winds to the islands.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Nadine

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1914:

World War I: Belgian forces were victorious in Halen but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of their kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halen

1945:

An official administrative history (cover pictured) of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released just days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyth_Report

1981:

The IBM Personal Computer, the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

sericulture: (agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sericulture

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride. Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.   --George Soros https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Soros