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A quadrant-based “law” of these events was formulated by the colonial governor William Reid and explained by Henry Piddington’s Horn Book. Benito Viñes (“VEEN-yes”) invented instruments named for these events at the Jesuit Colegio de Belén (“ko-LAY-hee-oh day bay-LEN”). Based on models in his 1841 book on the “philosophy” of these events, James P. Espy suggested burning Appalachia. An 1860s fad correlated these events with a glass’s crystallized camphor (“CAM-fer”). Until 2023, (10[1])the highest ACE (“ace”) index for these events was reached (10[1])during 1899’s Feast (10[1])of San Ciriaco (-5[1])(“seer-YAH-ko”). The 1-2-3 “danger rule” accounts (10[1])for the past ten years’ errors about these events, whose common name derives from similar Maya and Taíno (“TYE-noh”) gods of chaos. (10[3])Belmopan (10[2])was built (10[2])after one of these events (10[1])in 1961, (10[3])while one (10[2])in 1900 (10[1])ended the (0[1])“Golden (-5[1])Era” (10[1])of Galveston. (10[2])For 10 points, what (10[1])events are tracked by NWS centers in Hawaiʻi and Miami during their Atlantic “season”? ■END■ (10[2])

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