Hurricane Lane was the strongest Pacific hurricane to make landfall in Mexico since Hurricane Kenna of 2002. The thirteenth named storm, ninth hurricane, and sixth major hurricane of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season, Lane developed from a tropical wave on September 13 to the south of Mexico. It moved northwestward parallel to the coast of Mexico, and steadily intensified in an area conducive to further strengthening. After turning to the northeast, Lane attained peak winds of 125 mph (205 km/h), and made landfall in the Mexican state of Sinaloa at peak strength. It rapidly weakened and dissipated on September 17, and later brought precipitation to southern Texas. Throughout its path, Lane resulted in four deaths and moderate damage. Damage was heaviest in Sinaloa where the hurricane made landfall, including reports of severe crop damage. Across Mexico, an estimated 4,320 homes were affected by the hurricane, with about 248,000 people affected. Moderate flooding was reported in Acapulco, resulting in mudslides in some areas. Damage across the country totaled $2.2 billion (2006 MXN), or $203 million (2006 USD).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1622:

The Powhatan Confederacy under Chief Opchanacanough killed almost 350 English settlers around Jamestown, a third of the Colony of Virginia's population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre_of_1622

1765:

The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British North America carry a tax stamp, adding fuel to the growing separatist movement in the area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765

1913:

Phan Xich Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was later carried out by his supporters the following day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Xich_Long

1943:

World War II: The entire population of the village of Khatyn in Belarus was burnt alive by Nazi German forces, with participation from their Ukrainian and Belarusian collaborators. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khatyn_massacre

1945:

Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transjordan, and Yemen founded the Arab League , a regional organization that facilitates political, economic, cultural, scientific and social programs designed to promote the interests of the Arab world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_League

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___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I buoyed me on the wings of dream,

Above the world of sense; I set my thought to sound the scheme,

And fathom the Immense;

I tuned my spirit as a lute To catch wind-music wandering mute.

Yet came there never voice nor sign;

But through my being stole Sense of a Universe divine, And knowledge of a soul

Perfected in the joy of things, The star, the flower, the bird that sings.

Nor I am more, nor less, than these; All are one brotherhood; I and all creatures, plants, and trees,

The living limbs of God; And in an hour, as this, divine, I feel the vast pulse throb in mine. --Francis William Bourdillon http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_William_Bourdillon