Saturday, September 5, 2009

Hurricane Lili

Hurricane Lili was one of only four Atlantic tropical cyclones on record to reach hurricane status in the month of December. The final of thirteen tropical storms in the 1984 Atlantic hurricane season, Lili developed as a subtropical cyclone which originated from a frontal trough to the south of Bermuda on December 12. It tracked southeastward, then northward, slowly attaining tropical characteristics and becoming a hurricane on December 20. Lili turned to the south and southwest, briefly threatening the northern Caribbean islands before weakening and dissipating near the coast of the Dominican Republic. Lili was the longest lasting tropical cyclone outside of the Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the strongest hurricane to form during the month of December. It briefly threatened to pass through the Lesser Antilles as a minimal hurricane, though upon passing through the area as a dissipating tropical depression Lili produced light rainfall and no reported damage.

Science News

Science news

* September 1: Twitter more popular than MySpace in United Kingdom
* August 31: Study shows that aspirin might do more harm than good
* August 29: Space Shuttle Discovery successfully lifts off on mission STS-128
* August 27: Extrasolar planet will most probably fall into its star
* August 25: Women in South Africa advancing in fields of science and technology
* August 11: Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
* August 11: UK group Liberty, Edinburgh city council on Scientology 'cult' signs
* August 11: Study: Children who socialise more, get cancer less
* August 4: New human HIV strain discovered in France
* August 1: Michigan student and California engineer sue Amazon for remote deletion of 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'