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"Hurricane Gracie was a major hurricane that formed in September 1959, the strongest during the 1959 Atlantic hurricane season and the most intense to strike the United States since Hurricane Hazel in 1954.National Hurricane Center. Preliminary Report on Hurricane Gracie: September 22-October 1, 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. The system was first noted as an area of thunderstorms east of the Lesser Antilles which moved just north of the Greater Antilles, quickly intensifying into a hurricane on September 22. Gracie was a storm that was very difficult to forecast, with its movement unpredictable.Allan Huffman Hurricane Gracie. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. After five days of erratic motion, Gracie became a major hurricane which struck South Carolina, and weakened as it moved up the Appalachians, bringing much needed rain to a drought-plagued region. Much of the destruction related with Gracie was centered on Beaufort, South Carolina. Gracie became an extratropical cyclone on September 30 while moving through the Eastern United States. Meteorological history An area of squally weather was first noted a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles on September 18.National Hurricane Center. San Juan Weather Bureau Weather Bulletin for Press Radio and Television 3 PM September 18 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. The convective area organized into a tropical depression near the north coast of Hispaniola on September 20. After moving west-northwestward for a day, it turned northeastward, where upper level winds were very favorable and steering currents were very weak. On September 22 Gracie was named as a tropical depression before it developed into Tropical Storm Gracie,National Hurricane Center. Miami Weather Bureau Advisory Number 1 Tropical Depression Gracie 1030 AM EST September 22 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. followed by reaching hurricane strength later that night. It turned to the east on September 25, and turned back west to west-northwest on September 27 as a stable anticyclone built in to its north. Gracie quickly strengthened and reached its peak of winds on September 29, but cooler air and land interaction weakened it slightly to a 130 mph (215 km/h) Category 4 major hurricane at the time of its landfall at 1625 UTC over St. Helena Sound near the south end of Edisto Island in South Carolina.National Hurricane Center. Local Statement from Weather Bureau Charleston South Carolina Hurricane Gracie 12 Noon EST September 29 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. After landfall, Gracie moved inland and north and became extratropical on September 30. Preparations A hurricane watch was issued for the coast of the United States from Savannah, Georgia to Wilmington, North Carolina at 1600 UTC on September 28, which were quickly updated to hurricane warnings by 1900 UTC the same day. By 1900 UTC, gale warnings were in effect from Daytona Beach, Florida to Savannah, Georgia as well as from Wilmington to Morehead City, North Carolina.National Hurricane Center. Miami Weather Bureau Advisory Number 25A Hurricane Gracie 2 PM September 28 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. At 1200 UTC on September 29, gale warnings were dropped south of Brunswick, Georgia.National Hurricane Center. Miami Weather Bureau Hurricane Gracie Bulletin For Press Radio and Television 7 AM September 29 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. At 2200 UTC, gale warnings were extended northward to Cape May, New Jersey, including Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay.National Hurricane Center. Miami Weather Bureau Advisory Number 30 Hurricane Gracie 5 PM September 29 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. At 0400 UTC on September 30, all warnings south of Cape Hatteras were dropped, leaving gale warnings in effect from Cape Hatteras northward.National Hurricane Center. Miami Weather Bureau Advisory Number 31 Hurricane Gracie 11 PM September 29 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. At 1000 UTC, small craft were advised to remain in port from Cape May northward to Block Island, Rhode Island.National Hurricane Center. Washington Weather Bureau Advisory Number 32 Storm Gracie 5 AM September 30 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. By 1600 UTC, due to Gracie's continued weakening, all remaining gale warnings were downgraded to small craft warnings.National Hurricane Center. Washington Weather Bureau Advisory Number 33 Storm Gracie 11 AM September 30 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. Impact =Georgia and South Carolina= Gracie's Rainfall across the United States Storm surge flooding was minimal due to the storm's landfall near the time of low tide. However, Charleston still recorded their highest tide since 1940.National Hurricane Center. Tide Statement Weather Bureau Office Charleston South Carolina 2:30 PM EST September 29 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. Along the coast of southern South Carolina, the storm tide was measured up to above mean lower low water (the average level of the lowest low tide each day).D. Lee Harris. U. S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau Technical Paper No. 48: Characteristics of the Hurricane Storm Surge. Retrieved on 2008-01-12. The United States Coast Guard vessel Bramble evacuated people stranded in Savannah and Charleston on September 30.United States Coast Guard. Historical Context and Statement of Significance Cactus, Mesquite, and Basswood Classes United States Coast Guard 180-foot Buoy Tenders (WLBs). Retrieved on 2008-01-12. Gracie killed 10 people in South Carolina and Georgia, mainly due to wind and rain-induced automobile accidents, falling trees and electrocution by live wires. The Garden Club of South Carolina replaced numerous trees after the storm.South Carolina Department of Transportation. State Highway Map Features Garden Club o South Carolina. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. Wind damage was quite significant across South Carolina, particularly the city of Beaufort, South Carolina, with many downed trees, telephone poles, and streetlights. Also, numerous windows were shattered and shingles were torn off of roofs. A number of creeks overflowed causing floodwaters that, in areas, were several feet deep. The opening of the Beaufort Center of the University of South Carolina was delayed due to Gracie.University of South Carolina. USC Beaufort. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. It would be 30 years before another major hurricane struck South Carolina: Hurricane Hugo in September 1989. =Elsewhere in the United States= Heavy rains fell well ahead of the storm along an inverted trough extending north of the storm, causing between the mornings of September 28 and September 29 at Norfolk, Virginia.Daily Weather Maps. September 29, 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-12. The highest rainfall amount measured during the storm was at Big Meadows.David M. Roth. Hurricane Gracie Rainfall Page. Retrieved on 2008-01-17. The storm spawned six tornadoes in all.http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/1959/9/table This included three F3 tornadoes which accompanied the dissipating storm through Virginia, killing 12 people and injuring 13 near Charlottesville, Virginia. Three F1 tornadoes had touched down in the Carolinas prior to those touching down.Virginia Department of Emergency Management. Virginia's Weather History: Virginia Hurricanes. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. For the most part, rainfall from Gracie was beneficial as it moved up the Appalachians since the area had been in a drought preceding the cyclone.National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Gracie Preliminary Storm Report, page 2. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. Long-term impact Edisto Beach, South Carolina was changed forever by Gracie, due to human efforts to renourish the beach after its passage. Most of the shell hash beach currently at Edisto was placed there after Gracie. In order to expand the beach, an inland marsh was excavated and moved to the shoreline. This created highly desirable beach front property which led to new development along the coast seaward of Palmetto Boulevard, but also created an environmental catastrophe along the nearby ocean floor.Gered Lennon. Living With the South Carolina Coast. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. A species of isopod which grows in coastal estuaries, the Cyathura Polita, disappeared after the passage of this hurricane from the Ashepoo River in South Carolina.William D. Burbanck. The Disappearance of Cyathura Polita from the Ashepoo River, South Carolina, After Hurricane "Gracie" in 1959. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. The Kermadec petrel, a bird, was swept to Lookout Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania during Gracie, marking the first time it appeared in North America.University of New Mexico. Kermadec Petrel in Pennsylvania. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. See also * List of Atlantic hurricanes * List of tropical cyclones References External links * Hurricane Gracie Information (archived) Gracie 1959 Gracie 1959 Gracie 1959 Gracie 1959 Gracie 1959 1959 in South Carolina 1959 in Tennessee 1959 in Virginia 1959 in the Bahamas Gracie 1959 1959 in the Caribbean 1959 natural disasters in the United States ca:Plantilla:Huracans Atlàntics retirats simple:Template:Retired Atlantic hurricanes "
"Diablo Valley College (DVC) is a public community college with campuses in Pleasant Hill and San Ramon in Contra Costa County, California. DVC is one of three publicly supported community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District (along with Contra Costa College and Los Medanos College). It opened in 1949. DVC has more than 22,000 students and 300 full-time and 370 part-time instructors. History Diablo Valley College was founded in 1949 as East Contra Costa Junior College. The college enrolls over 22,000 students on two sites. =Grade-fixing scandal= In 2007, a six-year grade fixing scheme came to light with allegations that over 70 students used sex or cash as payment to student employees in the admissions and records office in exchange for over 400 grade changes. Many of these students have transferred to universities and in some cases may have already graduated. By November 2007, 49 students had been charged with misdemeanors or felonies over the incident, and at least one had accepted a no contest plea. A spokesperson for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges said that although the scandal was a negative factor it would be unlikely to lead to the school's loss of accreditation. In the first trial resulting from the grade changes, former student employee Erick Martinez was acquitted of all criminal charges on September 5, 2008. Jurors reached that decision after concluding that prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable double that there was a definite link between Martinez and grade changes. Academics DVC is a “feeder” college to the University of California, Berkeley; California State University, East Bay; and St. Mary’s College. It ranks among the top five transfer colleges in California. In 2004, the top four transfer destinations were California State University, East Bay, San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley and UC Davis. DVC also offers a variety of occupational specialties, including hotel/restaurant management, culinary arts, dental technology and real estate. It has an active speech and debating team. Athletics DVC offers sports including men's and women's basketball, cross country, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo, baseball, football, lacrosse, track and field (men) and soccer, softball, and volleyball (women). Willie McGee played baseball for DVC in 1977, and would later win a National League MVP award in 1985. Pitcher Doug Davis also played in the majors from 1999 to 2011. Demarshay Johnson, a former DVC basketball star who went on to play for the University of Nevada, was named CCCAA 1st team All-State after the 2004-05 season. That season he led the CCCAA in blocks, averaging 5.2 per game, and was named Bay Valley Conference MVP. The DVC Viking men's lacrosse program was the first junior college club in California, forming in 2008. In 2013 DVC won the California Junior College Lacrosse Association (CJCLA) championship. College newspaper The Inquirer, the college's student-run newspaper, is produced on campus by the Journalism 126 class. The newspaper was forced to produce its paper off-site at the Contra Costa Times newsroom when a bomb- threat on October 24, 2006 closed the campus and access to the newsroom was restricted. The Inquirer won General Excellence awards from the Journalism Association of Community Colleges in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012. The newspaper also won a Pacesetter award from JACC in 1999. Sponsors The student union at DVC is named for Margaret Lesher, widow of Dean Lesher, founder of the Contra Costa Times and cofounder of the Margaret and Dean Lesher Foundation. Notable alumni In addition to the athletes named above, notable alumni of Diablo Valley include: * Lauren Beck, film producer * Daniel James Brown, author of Under a Flaming Sky and The Boys in the Boat * Kyle Gass, member of Tenacious D * John Gesek, former NFL player * Dennis Havrilla, former IFL player * Eva Marie, Model and WWE diva * Willie McGee, former Major League Baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Boston Red Sox and 1985 National League MVP * George Miller, former U.S. Congressman * Ron Turner, former NFL coach * Matt Overton, Jacksonville Jaguars long snapper * Katharine Ross, actress * Robert Scott, true crime author * Julie Strain, model and actress * De'Ondre Wesley, former NFL player * Timothy P. White, the former chancellor of the University of California, Riverside and seventh chancellor of the California State University system. * Greg Wilson, former CFL player References External links * California Community Colleges Universities and colleges in Contra Costa County, California Educational institutions established in 1949 Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges 1949 establishments in California Pleasant Hill, California "