Hurricane Lane was a tropical cyclone that brought torrential rainfall and strong winds to Hawaii during late August 2018. The storm was the wettest on record in Hawaii, with peak rainfall accumulations of 58 inches (1,473 mm) along the eastern slopes of Mauna Loa. Lane was the first of three Category 5 hurricanes of the record-breaking 2018 Pacific hurricane season, and the season's twelfth named storm, sixth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane. It became a Category 4 hurricane on August 18 and reached Category 5 status on August 22 to the south of Hawaii with sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 926 mbar (hPa; 27.34 inHg). The hurricane then turned north and slowed, battering the Hawaiian Islands from August 22 to 26 with heavy rain that caused flash flooding and mudslides. Across the Big Island, 159 structures were damaged or destroyed. One person died on Kauai. (This article is part of a featured topic: Category 5 Pacific hurricanes.).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1895:

The Chicago Times-Herald race (winner pictured), the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Times-Herald_race

1903:

SS Petriana struck a reef near Point Nepean, leading to Australia's first major oil spill and a debate over the White Australia policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Petriana

1966:

Michel Micombero abolished the Burundian monarchy and declared the country a republic with himself as president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Micombero

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

turducken: (US, cooking) A dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also containing stuffing. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turducken

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I never had, and still do not have, the perception of feeling my personal identity. I appear to myself as the place where something is going on, but there is no "I", no "me". Each of us is a kind of crossroads where things happen. The crossroads is purely passive; something happens there. A different thing, equally valid, happens elsewhere. There is no choice, it is just a matter of chance.   --Claude Lévi-Strauss https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss