In Japan it was known as the Isewan Typhoon but here we called it Typhoon Vera. Regardless of what this storm was called, it was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that made landfall in Japan on September 265th, 1959. Although the actual number is still a debate, estimates accepted still today puts the number of claimed souls at over 5,000 deaths, making it one of the deadliest typhoons in japan’s history.

The 1998 hurricane season was busy. At one point there were 4 storms swirling in the Atlantic at the same time. But there were two that stood alone as headline grabbing for their sheer devastation and death toll.

On September 24, 1846, just 15 minutes after midnight, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory.

The September 2009 Australian dust storm, was also known as the Eastern Australian dust storm and reached Sydney resulting in thousands of tons of dirt and soil lifted up into the storm and subsequently dumped in Sydney Harbour and the Tasman Sea.

Although The tornado outbreak of September 21–23, in 2006 was a significant tornado outbreak, it did occur across a large swath of the Central United States and they are known of course for stray late season tornadoes. But because on this occasion there were 48 tornadoes confirmed, we are talking about it on this podcast right now!

he last day of summer - an EF3 tornado touched down in Dunrobin, Ontario. It was one of six tornadoes to hit the province that day and the most powerful in Eastern Ontario in over 100 years.

On September 20th, 2010, residents on the eastern coast of Newfoundland prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Igor. Within 24 hours, it became the worst storm of the modern era to strike the province.

It developed in the Gulf of Mexico on the same day as the September 11 terrorism attacks on the United States. For two days following, flights were grounded in and out of the nation. Then on the 19th, only 8 days later and with 38 planes on the ground in Gander, what was left of Gabrielle passed a short distance southeast of Newfoundland before restrengthening to reach winds of 75 mph (121 km/h). NOT AT ALL what this province needed while hosting close to 7000 expats who have no idea what’s become of their home country.

On September 18, 2017, Maria reached sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), which devastated Dominica, St Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect those islands and was also the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Jeanne in 2004. And what it did to Puerto Rico is still being felt today in all aspects of life; including politics.

On September 17, 1976, NASA publicly unveiled its first space shuttle, and in the most appropriate move ever made by NASA in their history...according to sci-fi nerds like me...they called it The Enterprise! True story!!