A storm represents a disturbed state within an astronomical body's atmosphere or natural environment. These disturbances manifest as deviations from normal conditions, characterized by severe weather phenomena. Common storm features include strong winds, tornadoes, hail, thunder, lightning, heavy precipitation (rain or freezing rain), and instances of wind carrying substances, such as dust storms. Storms are significant natural occurrences that can cause widespread disruption and damage.
On May 17, 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a children's novel by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, was originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago. The story chronicles Dorothy Gale's adventures in the Land of Oz after being swept away by a tornado.
In 1900, Hollywood director King Vidor survived the Galveston Hurricane as a boy, an experience that later influenced his work.
In 1900, the Galveston Hurricane occurred. Numerous accounts of the event have been made in print and in film.
In 1902, a popular Broadway musical adapted from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz led to L. Frank Baum writing thirteen more Oz books.
In 1926, the silent film The Johnstown Flood, featuring the Great Flood of 1889, was released.
In the May 1935 issue of Esquire magazine, Hollywood director King Vidor published a fictionalized account of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, titled "Southern Storm".
In 1939, the MGM movie adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz contributed to the story's widespread popularity in American popular culture.
From 1964 to 1985, wind shear directly caused or contributed to 26 major civil transport aircraft accidents in the U.S. that led to 620 deaths and 200 injuries.
On November 14, 1971, Mariner 9, the first spacecraft to successfully orbit another planet, arrived at Mars. Planetary scientists were surprised to find the atmosphere filled with a planet-wide dust storm, the largest ever observed on Mars, obscuring the planet's surface. Mariner 9's computer was reprogrammed to delay imaging until the dust settled.
King Vidor, a Hollywood director who survived the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, died on November 1, 1982.
From 1964 to 1985, wind shear directly caused or contributed to 26 major civil transport aircraft accidents in the U.S. that led to 620 deaths and 200 injuries.
In 1988, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration mandated that all commercial aircraft have on-board wind shear detection systems by 1993 due to accidents in the 1970s and 1980s.
Earlier in September 1990, a storm on Saturn was observed and named Dragon Storm.
In 1991, the Perfect Storm, also known as the Halloween Nor'easter of 1991, occurred. It was a nor'easter that absorbed Hurricane Grace and evolved into a small hurricane late in its life cycle.
By 1993, all commercial aircraft were required to have on-board wind shear detection systems, as mandated by the FAA.
In September 1994, the Hubble Space Telescope, using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, imaged storms on Saturn. These storms were generated by an upwelling of warmer air, resembling terrestrial thunderheads. The east-west extent of the storm was comparable to the diameter of Earth.
Since 1995, the number of major civil aircraft accidents caused by wind shear has dropped to approximately one every ten years, due to mandated on-board detection systems and Doppler weather radar units on the ground.
In 1997, Sebastian Junger's non-fiction book The Perfect Storm, which features the crew of the Andrea Gail and the Perfect Storm of 1991, was published.
In 2000, Warner Bros. released the dramatic disaster film The Perfect Storm, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, an adaptation of Sebastian Junger's 1997 non-fiction book of the same title.
Hurricane Katrina (2005) has been featured in a number of works of fiction.
In 2005, Erik Larson's book Isaac's Storm excerpted a passage from King Vidor's "Southern Storm".
In 2005, Hurricane Camille averted drought conditions and ended water deficits along much of its path, though it also caused significant damage and fatalities.
On June 23, 2010, a storm was discovered on the extrasolar planet HD 209458 b, measuring at 6,200 km/h (3,900 mph).
On July 23, 2010, the largest hailstone in terms of diameter and weight ever recorded in the United States fell in Vivian, South Dakota. It measured 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter, 18.62 inches (47.3 cm) in circumference, and weighed 1.93 pounds (0.88 kg), breaking previous records.
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