My least favorite Templar and Hurricane Joaquin

On October 1st, ;11189, Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Templars, was slain in battle at the siege of Acre. He is one of the villains in my novel Outremer, for his baneful influence led to the disaster at Hattin; he was also directly responsible for a bloody defeat at the battle of Cresson Springs. He managed to escape both catastrophes, so I always saw his death at Acre as payment for a debt long overdue.
October 1st, 1207 is also the birthdate for John’s eldest son, the future Henry III, who appears as a character in my Welsh trilogy novels. Unlike Gerard, Henry was not a villain. But his reign was a good argument against hereditary kingship. He did, however, leave a spectacular legacy: Westminster Abbey.
I hope that all of you in the path of Hurricane Joaquin stay safe and dry. We in Jersey are currently under a state of emergency; even though the weather forecasters are not yet sure if Joaquin will strike us, we are expecting another storm with very heavy rains and a high risk of flooding tomorrow. Such a shame we could not bottle up all this excess rainfall and ship it to our drought-stricken friends in CA and the Far West.