Bill became the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season on August 17. It reached Category 4 strength, but fortunately for East Coast residents, the storm stayed away from shore. At 0600 UTC on August 17, the cyclone strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind…
The percentage of Medicare decedents older than 65 years who received care from a Medicare-certified hospice increased from 15.9% in 2000 to 32.3% in 2010 and varied by region (Figure 1). Has hospice care in the US increased? The 47 percent growth in the number of hospice programs and the…
Social media has had a huge impact on society, especially on a person’s mental health over time. It’s changed the way we communicate and the way we frame the narrative of our lives. There are many positive aspects of social media, but there’s also a darker side to the endless…
Georges was the seventh tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. Has there ever been a storm George? 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, designated “George” by the Weather Bureau office in Miami. Hurricane George (1950), developed southeast of Bermuda, intensified to Category 2 hurricane…
The team has won the Big Ten Championship twice, once in 1945 and again in 1967. The Hoosiers have appeared in 12 bowl games, including the 1968 Rose Bowl. The team has won the Big Ten Championship twice, once in 1945 and again in 1967. The Hoosiers have appeared in…
^ “On this day: Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir set an IPL bowling record that stood for over a decade”. 4 May 2020. ^ “Sohail Tanvir is Ready for Another Hero CPL”. cplt20.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020. A repertoire of slower balls also has the batsmen in soup. Sohail Tanvir started his…
Xaver making landfall over Norway and Denmark on 5 December 2013. 229 km/h (142 mph), Aonach Mòr, Scotland, U.K. Surgewatch.org UK coastal flooding severity, High 5/6. Tropical Storm Xavier is sitting 110 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. The storm’s maximum sustained wind speeds were about 50 mph on Sunday and…
In 1931–32 the Japanese had invaded Manchuria (Northeast China) and, after overcoming ineffective Chinese resistance there, had created the Japanese-controlled puppet state of Manchukuo. So, in case of total victory, probable China would have had to accept not only those points, but also the entire dismantling of its national government,…
Serbian Twitch streamer and YouTuber Kristina “Kika” Dukic has died at 21, according to a now-expired Instagram Story on her account. The Instagram story, seen by Insider before it expired, said Dukic died on December 8. “This will be a hard time for us all and all we can do…
Giant panda attacks on human are rare. There, we present three cases of giant panda attacks on humans at the Panda House at Beijing Zoo from September 2006 to June 2009 to warn people of the giant panda’s potentially dangerous behavior. The panda has a comparably heavier skeleton than any…