The effects of Hurricane Isabel in Delaware were compounded by flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Henri days before and resulted in a presidential disaster declaration for the U.S. state. Hurricane Isabel formed on September 6, 2003, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and reached recorded peak winds of 165 mph (265 km/h) on September 11. It made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with recorded winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) on September 18. It quickly weakened over land and became extratropical over Pennsylvania the next day. Roughly six million people were left without electric service in the eastern United States from its strong winds. Sixteen deaths in seven states were directly related to the hurricane, with 35 deaths in six states and one Canadian province indirectly related, though none in Delaware. Overall damage totalled about $5.5 billion, of which $40 million was associated with Delaware.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Isabel_in_Delaware> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1946: Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announced that the U.S. would follow a policy of economic reconstruction in post-war Germany. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restatement_of_Policy_on_Germany> 1970: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four jet aircraft, landing two of them at Dawson's Field in Zarqa, Jordan, and one in Beirut, with the last hijacking attempt foiled. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Field_hijackings> 1976: Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan, declaring his intention to defect. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Belenko> 2007: The Israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of Syria. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outside_the_Box> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: bray: 1. (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. 2. (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray. 3. (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner. [...] 4. (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar. 5. (transitive, Britain, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something). <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bray> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: We're in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that it's all gone. --Robert M. Pirsig <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_M._Pirsig> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/daily-article-l Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
