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Minnemooseus
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Message 26 of 53 (819362)
09-10-2017 2:47 AM
Reply to: Message 18 by Pressie
09-08-2017 7:37 AM


Hurricanes and Presidents
I hate to make light of the disasters happening, but...
I got to wondering if there was any correlation between major hurricanes and which party held the White House.
I didn't do in depth research, but I did discover this article:
Obama Longest-Serving President With No Major Hurricane Strike
Dated January 23, 2017
quote:
(CNSNews.com) — President Barack Obama was the longest-serving president in U.S. history to have no major hurricanes strike the continental U.S. during his term of office, according to data published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Tuesday marks an unprecedented 11 years and three months since a major hurricane, defined as a Category 3 or above on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, made landfall in the U.S.
...and at the end of the article:
quote:
Only four chief executives since 1851 have not had a major hurricane strike the U.S. on their watch: Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865); Andrew Johnson (1865-1869); James Garfield (who served only six months prior to his assassination in 1881); and Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
But none of them were in office as long as Obama.
Now 7 months into the Trump administration, we've had or are having what looks to be the two most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history.
Still an atheist, though.
Moose

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Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
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