W e’re coming up on the three-month mark since the “Great American Eclipse” of August 21 2017 the first solar eclipse visible across the entire contiguous United States since 1918. Here’s a thumbnail review of major events in the United States since then.
August 24: Harvey becomes a hurricane three days after the eclipse. The first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2005 Harvey is the country’s costliest natural disaster ever resulting in 90 deaths and total estimated damage of nearly $199 billion.
August 31: Irma becomes a hurricane eventually the most intense Atlantic hurricane to strike the United States since Katrina in 2005. It results in at least 134 deaths 90 of them in the contiguous United States.
September 18: Maria becomes the tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. It leaves at least 99 people dead including 55 in Puerto Rico where it causes tens of billions of dollars in damage.
