Hurricane Harvey was a 2017 tropical cyclone, the 8th named storm, 3rd hurricane, and the 1st major hurricane of the hyperactive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Harvey was also the 3rd consecutive hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season—after Franklin and Gert. The storm went through the Caribbean and Mexico. It threatened southern Texas, particularly the Corpus Christi and Victoria areas. The storm struck the state as a Category 4 hurricane on August 25.
The storm was the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Wilma in twelve years earlier.
The storm first developed on August 17, 2017, from a tropical wave to the east of the Lesser Antilles. It faded into an open tropical wave on August 19. But on August 24, Harvey redeveloped into a tropical storm, and then strengthened into a hurricane. On August 25, Harvey rapidly strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of at least 130 mph, and it made landfall in Texas as a low-end Category 4 hurricane. On August 26, Harvey stalled and rapidly weakened into a tropical storm in just a few hours after making landfall, resulting of dumping heavy rainfall and caused major and catastrophic flooding in parts of southeastern Texas especially the Houston metropolitan area.
Harvey was the strongest hurricane to hit Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961.
Damage from Harvey was set around $125 billion. This and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 are both tied as the costliest tropical cyclones on record in the Atlantic and the United States history. Harvey is the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States, especially in Texas with rainfall accumulations of over 60 inches.
The storm killed just over 100 people in Texas alone.
The name "Harvey" was retired in April 2018 by the World Meteorological Organization and was replaced with "Harold" for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
Year 2038 problem
The Year 2038 problem could affect computers that store time as the number of seconds since 1st January 1970 at 00:00 UTC, using a 32-bit number.
The biggest number you can store this way is 2,147,483,647 seconds after 1 January 1970. This means 19th January 2038 at 03:14:07 UTC. The problem begins one second after this time. The computer will add 1 to this 32-bit number, and the computer will set the value to "negative" 2,147,483,648 seconds. This means 13th December 1901 at 20:45:52 UTC. Depending on how the computer has been programmed, the computer could behave incorrectly or even stop running.
A solution to this problem is to store the time in a 64-bit value, which will work for billions of years. Many computers already store the time in a 64-bit number. Computers that store time in a 32-bit number will need to be reprogrammed before 2038.
Charlie Robertson (mayor)
Charles H. Robertson (April 12, 1934 – August 24, 2017) was an American Democratic politician. He was mayor of York, Pennsylvania from 1994 to January 2002. In May 2001, Robertson was charged for a murder during the York race riots in July 1969, but was acquitted in October 2002.
Robertson died of cancer on August 24, 2017 in York, Pennsylvania at the age of 83.
Kai Linnilä
Kai Linnilä (23 July 1942 – 24 August 2017) was a Finnish editor and writer. He was born in Oulu, Finland. He is the husband of the novelist Kaari Utrio. He takes responsibility for the importation and marketing of cigars and pipes in the Oy Amanita Ltd, the Utrios' family-owned company.
His best known works are "Isoäidin kermakakku" ("The Grandmother's Cream Cake"), "Oman äidin lihapullat" ("The Own Mother's Meat Balls"), "Punainen tupa ja erämaa. Rikkaan arjen allakka" ("The Red Cottage and the Wilds. The Almanac of Rich Everyday Life") (with Seppo Saraspää), "Wanhan ajan joulu" ("Christmas of the Old Time"), Olaus Magnus: "Suomalaiset pohjoisten kansojen historiassa" ("Finnish People in the History of Nordic Folks") (edited) and "Linnut" ("The Birds").
Engelbert Jarek
Engelbert Jarek (7 June 1935 – 23 August 2017) was a Polish footballer. He was born in Rokittnitz, Hindenburg O.S., German Empire . Jarek competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was known for managing and playing for Odra Opole.
Eduardo Angeloz
Eduardo César Angeloz (October 18, 1931 – August 23, 2017) was an Argentine politician. He was a presidential candidate and Governor of Córdoba from December 11, 1983 to December 11, 1995. He was born in Río Tercero, Córdoba.
Angeloz died on August 23, 2017 in Cordoba, Argentina from complications of a fall at the age of 85.
Sergio Zaniboni
Sergio Zaniboni (4 August 1937 - 18 August 2017) was an Italian comics artist and writer. He was especially known as the artist of numerous stories for "Diabolik". He was born in Turin, Italy. His son Paolo Zaniboni is also a comic book artist.
From 1972 he also he collaborates with "Il Giornalino", for which he produced "Il Campione" (a series set in the boxing world, written by Alberto Ongaro) and the police series "Tenente Marlo", with stories by Claudio Nizzi.
Arnold Koller
Arnold Koller (born 29 August 1933) is a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1986-1999).
He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 10 December 1986. He was member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland from the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. He handed over office on 30 April 1999.
Koller was Chairman of the Board of the Forum of Federations from 2006 to 2010.
During his time in office he held the following departments:
He was President of the Confederation twice in 1990 and 1997.
Fürstenau, Switzerland
Fürstenau () is a municipality of the district of Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Grono, Switzerland
Grono is a municipality of the district Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Leggia and Verdabbio merged into the municipality of Grono.
Guémar
Guémar is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Keith Warren
Keith Warren was a 19-year-old black teenager who, on July 31, 1986, was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area in Silver Spring, Maryland. His death was ruled a suicide, though some fight to this day to reopen and solve the case.
Warren had recently graduated from John F. Kennedy High School and had applied to college recently before his death.
On July 31, 1986, Warren's body was found nearby his family's townhome, in a wooded area, hanging by the neck. The rope was elaborately tied, anchored around the base of large tree and extending to another sapling, which Warren was found hanging from, the sapling bent over from the weight. He was discovered by paramedics, but when the authorities arrived, they claimed there was nothing suspicious about the scene and ruled the death a suicide. There were no eyewitnesses and no suicide note, and police reported they found "no evidence of foul play."
Many argue that the intricacy of the rope ties were too complicated to perform by one person. To add to the confusion, it was also stated that police did not determine a perimeter or close off the scene, they never interviewed his acquaintances, and an autopsy was never performed. His body was sent directly to a funeral home for embalming, even before his mother, Mary Couey, was notified of that decision. Warren's mother and sister, Sherri, believed the death to be a lynching. They were able to review the files with Montgomery police detective Joe Mudano. He was also found in clothing and shoes that were not his own.
According to Keith's mother, shortly before his death, she heard from a friend of Keith's named Rodney Kendell that a group of suspicious people were looking for Keith. Several days after this, Kendell claimed he had another strange encounter, this time with a friend of Keith's named Mark Finley, who was also looking for Keith.