Read about history and pick out a good one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_27
1881 – The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
2011 – Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
1883 – Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
This was also the highlight from yesterday but it was just so incredible and was more than just a 1 day event!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa
| 883 eruption of Krakatoa | |
|---|---|
 A lithograph of the eruption c. 1888 | |
| Volcano | Krakatoacaldera |
| Date | 26–27 August 1883 |
| Type | Ultra Plinian |
| Location | Krakatoa archipelago, Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies 6.102°S 105.423°ECoordinates: 6.102°S 105.423°E |
| VEI | 6 |
| Impact | The third explosive event on 27 August was heard 4,830 km (3,000 miles) away; the eruption caused at least 36,417 deaths; 20 million tons of sulfur released into the atmosphere; produced a volcanic winter |
| the atmosphere; produced a volcanic winter (reducing worldwide temperatures by an average of 1.2 °C (2.2 °F) for five years) | |
 The change in geography after the eruption | |
The 1883 eruption of
"The pressure wave generated by the colossal third explosion radiated out from Krakatoa at 1,086 km/h (675 mph). The eruption is estimated to have reached 310 dB, loud enough to be heard clearly 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) away.[7]:248 It was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 64 km (40 miles) away on ships in the Sunda Strait,[7]:235 and caused a spike of more than 8.5 kilopascals (2.5 inHg) in pressure gauges 160 km (100 miles) away, attached to gasometers in the Batavia gasworks, sending them off the scale.[note 1]
The pressure wave was recorded on barographs all over the world. Several barographs recorded the wave seven times over the course of five days: four times with the wave traveling away from the volcano to its antipodal point, and three times travelling back to the volcano.[4]:63 Hence, the wave rounded the globe three and a half times. Ash was propelled to an estimated height of 80 km (50 mi)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1881_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Five
Surprisingly, this hurricane came in #10 for causing the number of deaths.....back when we didn't have watches and warnings or the ability to move people out of its path quickly.
| Reference: Deadliest US hurricanes[7][8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Hurricane | Season | Fatalities |
| 1 | "Galveston" | 1900 | 8,000–12,000 |
| 2 | "San Ciriaco" | 1899 | 3,400 |
| 3 | Maria | 2017 | 2,982* |
| 4 | "Okeechobee" | 1928 | 2,823 |
| 5 | "Cheniere Caminada" | 1893 | 2,000 |
| 6 | Katrina | 2005 | 1,200 |
| 7 | "Sea Islands" | 1893 | 1,000–2,000 |
| 8 | "Indianola" | 1875 | 771 |
| 9 | "Florida Keys" | 1919 | 745 |
| 10 | "Georgia" | 1881 | 700 |
In the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. An undercount bias of zero to six tropical cyclones per year between 1851 and 1885 and zero to four per year between 1886 and 1910 has been estimated