Typhoon Vera’s intensity resulted in catastrophic damage proving a major setback to the Japanese economy, because remember...they were still reeling from the events that closed World War II.  In the aftermath, Japan's disaster management and relief systems were significantly redesigned, rebuilt and reformed.  This storm would set the precedent for how the country would react to events like this in future. 

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But that year, there were two that stood alone as headline grabbing for their sheer devastation and death toll. Hurricane Georges  was a major Category 3 storm that held its strength and status long enough to devastate Saint Kitts and Nevis, Puerto-Rico and the Dominican Republic. Mitch was a very powerful and destructive late-season Category 5 hurricane that made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm after battering much of Central America.

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Understand that you can not do any of this without skies clear enough for a 19th century telescope to be able to reach out from earth’s surface, break through our many layers of atmosphere and peer deep into our night sky.  

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First as a light rainfall while thousands were very slowly guided through security and on to the massive grounds of the famed inner-city park. They played a full 27 song set, a literal sonic attack for the fans who braved the elements for their rock and roll heroes.

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Fueled by hot, dry drought stricken terrains and fanned by strong, gusty winds, these fires exploded and merged with each other into terrifying megafires!!  This nightmare went on to incinerate more than 41,000 square kilometres of land and along with it over ten thousand buildings and taking the lives of at least 37 people!!

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Environment Canada calls the tornado that touched down in Dunrobin on September 21, 2018 “historic”.  It was the first time since 1898 that an F3 or stronger tornado touched down anywhere in Canada this late in the year. This tornado was one of six tornadoes to hit the province that day and the most powerful in Eastern Ontario in over 100 years.

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Within 24 hours, Hurricane Igor would become the worst storm of the modern era to strike the province.  This is where we start today...this day in weather history.

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Gander is a wildly picturesque small Atlantic Canadian town. In 2001, its population was barely over 9500 so when they took in nearly 6,700 frightened strangers who had no plans to land in the North Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Tis was the day when the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks forced 38 planes to land here. Then Hurricane Gabrielle came in as a North Atlantic hurricane that caused flooding in both Florida and Newfoundland in that very same September of 2001.

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But Hurricane Maria in 2017 was very much a Puerto Rico Story.  It was the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years.  It wiped out homes, roads, and bridges, while also knocking out power across the entire island. Puerto Rico is what is referred to as an unincorporated territory of the United States. This means that this gorgeous island of Puerto Rico is neither a sovereign nation nor a U.S. state; and they were treated as such in the aftermath by all accounts.

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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! And even though Enterprise was just a test vehicle that never reached space, the simple fact that it was here now, signaled the true beginning of the space shuttle era.  

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