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Virginia is often struck with the remnants of systems which hit along the Gulf of Mexico coastline, which also bring torrential rain to the state. Hurricane Camille was an extreme example, bringing 27 inches (690 mm) of rainfall to portions of Nelson County in a matter of hours. [ 24 ]
As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 1,761 people, 716 households, and 469 families residing in the town. The population density was 808.7 people per square mile (311.9/km 2).
Jack A. Gleason (R) White House Aide, pleaded guilty to violations of Federal election law concerning an illegal fund raising operation run by the White House. [ 218 ] Wendell Wyatt (R-OR) US Representative, was found guilty on one count of failing to report outlays from a secret cash fund that he controlled while heading the Richard Nixon ...
In 1946, the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department gained its first conviction under federal civil rights laws against a lyncher. Florida constable Tom Crews was sentenced to a $1,000 fine (equivalent to $16,100 in 2024) and one year in prison for civil rights violations in the killing of an African-American farm worker.
Orange is a town and the county seat of Orange County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,880 at the 2020 census , representing a 3.4% increase since the 2010 census . [ 5 ] Orange is 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Charlottesville , 88 miles (142 km) southwest of Washington, D.C. , and 4 miles (6 km) east of Founding Father and fourth ...
West Virginia covers an area of 24,229.76 square miles (62,754.8 km 2), with 24,077.73 square miles (62,361.0 km 2) of land and 152.03 square miles (393.8 km 2) of water, making it the 41st-largest state in the United States. [3]
Solar water heating (SWH) is heating water by sunlight, using a solar thermal collector.A variety of configurations are available at varying cost to provide solutions in different climates and latitudes.
Philadelphia (/ f ɪ l ə ˈ d ɛ l f i ə / ⓘ fil-ə-DEL-fee-ə), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania [11] and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.