August 23, 1933: The 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane makes landfall along the northeastern part of North Carolina. Damage is locally heavy. Total damage is $250,000.
September 14-15, 1933: The Outer Banks hurricane causes heavy rain, high tides and strong winds. Several homes are destroyed, leaving about 1,000 people homeless. Damage is close to $4.5 million. There are twenty-one deaths in North Carolina.
September 21, 1938: The 1938 New England hurricane brushes by the Outer Banks, causing heavy rain and gusty winds.
August 15, 1940: Remnants of the 1940 South Carolina hurricane die out over North Carolina. The storm has heavy rain. Rain peaks at near Swansboro. There are over twenty deaths from the storm in North Carolina. Many of the deaths are due to mudslides. Damage is $10 million.
September 14, 1944: The 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane passes just east of the Outer Banks. It sets records, at the time, for strongest winds and lowest pressure at Hatteras. The storm destroys 108 buildings and damages 667 more. One person is killed in North Carolina.
List of North Carolina hurricanes (1950–79)
The list of North Carolina hurricanes between 1950 and 1979 includes 79 tropical cyclones that struck or affected the U.S. state of North Carolina.
August 14, 1953: Hurricane Barbara hits near Morehead City. It brings rain and winds. Damage is near $1.1 million. One person is killed.
August 30-31, 1954: Hurricane Carol passes just east of the state. It produces wind gusts near and rain. Damage is minor.
October 15, 1954: Hurricane Hazel comes ashore at the North Carolina/South Carolina border as a mild Category 4 hurricane. The storm destroys 15,000 buildings. It is the most damaging hurricane at the time to affect or hit North Carolina. Damage is near $136 million. Nineteen people are killed by the storm.
August 12, 1955: Hurricane Connie strikes the Outer Banks. It drops about of rain. No deaths are reported in North Carolina. Damage totals are around $80 million.
August 17, 1955: Hurricane Diane strikes near Wilmington just five days after the previous hurricane. Wind damage is light. There are no deaths in North Carolina.
September 18-19, 1955: Hurricane Ione strikes near Morehead City. The storm floods eastern North Carolina with rain and high tides. Ione kills seven people, two indirectly. Damage in the state totals $88 million.
September 26-27, 1958: Hurricane Helene moves parallel to the state's coast and the Outer Banks. Winds are . The wind causes moderate structural and crop damage. The overall damage is $11 million.
September 12, 1960: Hurricane Donna moves across the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There is heavy damage from high winds and waves. Damage in North Carolina is $56.5 million. Eight people are killed, five directly.
August 29-30, 1964: Former Hurricane Cleo enters the state as a tropical depression. It causes several tornadoes. It drops heavy rain.
October 16, 1964: Hurricane Isbell enters the state at Morehead City with gusty winds and heavy rain. Damage is minor.
June 21, 1972: The remnants of Hurricane Agnes become a tropical storm again over the northeastern part of North Carolina. In the state, it causes record river flooding. The storm kills two people in North Carolina.
August 9, 1976: Hurricane Belle passes just to the east of North Carolina. It produces a storm tide and strong wind gusts that leave areas flooded.
List of North Carolina hurricanes (1980–99)
The list of North Carolina hurricanes includes tropical cyclones that affected or struck the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1980 and 1999.
Tropical cyclones in North Carolina caused at least $10 billion in damage. Most of that was from Fran and Floyd. These cyclones killed 56 people directly and at least 47 indirectly.
The strongest tropical cyclones to affect North Carolina were Hurricane Emily and Hurricane Fran.
September 12-13, 1984: Hurricane Diana strikes near Cape Fear. Winds were near . The storm causes three indirect deaths. Damage is $70 million.
September 27, 1985: Hurricane Gloria strikes near Hatteras Island. The storm causes severe flooding. In North Carolina, one person is killed.
August 17, 1986: Hurricane Charley strikes along North Carolina. Damage is minor. There is one indirect death in the state.
September 22, 1989: Hurricane Hugo crosses the west-central part of North Carolina. Its winds destroy or severely damage many buildings in the state. Damage is $1 billion in North Carolina. Seven people in the state are killed.
October 12-13, 1990: Tropical Storm Marco brings heavy rain to North Carolina. Four people are killed, two directly.
August 18-19, 1991: Hurricane Bob brushes Cape Hatteras and the Outer Banks of eastern North Carolina. Insured damage alone is $4 million.
August 30-31, 1993: The western eyewall of Hurricane Emily crosses the northeastern Outer Banks of North Carolina. Its strong winds leave 553 buildings uninhabitable. Damage totals $35 million, mostly on Hatteras Island. Two people are killed.
November 16-18, 1994: Hurricane Gordon causes major flooding and strong winds along the Outer Banks. Many beachfront homes in Kitty Hawk are severely damaged or destroyed.
September 5-6, 1996: Hurricane Fran strikes around Wilmington. Winds are near . Across the state, Fran causes $2.55 billion in damage. At the time, the storm is the state's worst economic natural disaster. Fourteen people are killed in North Carolina.
August 26-27, 1998: Hurricane Bonnie hits near Wilmington. The storm moves slowly. It produces strong winds and heavy rain. One girl is killed in the state. Damage is $480 million.
September 15-16, 1999: Hurricane Floyd strikes near Cape Fear. Winds are near . Storm surge is . Damage is over $3 billion. Thirty-five people are directly killed. Another sixteen are indirectly killed.
October 18, 1999: Hurricane Irene moves parallel to North Carolina's coastline. One indirect death is reported.
Homecoming (poem)
"Homecoming" is a poem by Bruce Dawe. The theme is anti-war. Dawe wrote the poem during the Vietnam War and explained what terror it was.
Dennis Haskell, Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at University of Western Australia, called the poem "the most highly regarded poem about Vietnam written by any Australian". Peter Pierce, the editor of "The Cambridge History of Australian Literature" described it as "one of the finest threnodies in the war literature of Vietnam".
Dollar store
A dollar store (also called a pound shop) is a type of store popular in North America. They sell many different items, most of which cost under a dollar. However, in recent years, the chain diversified the kind of items sold and prices regularly exceed the notorious one-dollar limit.
Kalle Könkkölä
Kalle Kustaa Topias Könkkölä (16 January 1950 – 11 September 2018) was a Finnish politician and human rights activist. He was a member of the Green League party. He was a member of Finnish Parliament from 1983 to 1987. He was the second Green politician to become an MP, even before the Green League was a political party. He was also the first chairperson of the Green League and the first Finnish MP with a disability.
Könkkölä was born in Helsinki. He was physically disabled from birth. He was married to architect Maija Könkkölä from 1976 until her death in 2012.
Könkkölä died of pneumonia on 11 September 2018, at the age of 68.
Gizzard
A gizzard, or "gastric mill", is a part of the stomach which grinds food. Animals which have grinding teeth do not need a gizzard, but there are many animals which do have one.
Gizzards are standard equipment for pterosaurs and birds, dinosaurs, and crocodilia, also many fish, and crustacea.
Gizzards work because the animal eats some gravel and small stones, and they grind against the food in the gizzard. Gizzards are muscular, and lined with tough material.