TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Thursday  September 7, 2006.
 This is the 250th day of the year, there are 115 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1881 The temperature soared to 101 degrees at New York City,
            102 degrees at Boston MA, and 104 degrees at Washington D.C.
    In 1888 Much of the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region
            experienced freezing temperatures.  Killer frosts
            resulted in a million dollars damage to crops in Maine.
    In 1909 Topeka KS was drenched with 8.08 inches of rain in
            24 hours to establish a record for that location.  (6th-7th)
    In 1970 A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at
            Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two
            persons and injuring 22 others. All of the thirty-eight
            players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
    In 1987 Showers and thunderstorms produced 4 to 8 inch rains in
            three to six hours in Virginia, with totals across the
            state for the Labor Day weekend ranging up to fourteen
            inches.  The Staunton River crested at 34.44 feet at
            Altavista on the 8th, its highest level since 1940.
            Damage due to flooding was estimated at seven million
            dollars in Bedford, Henry, and Franklin.
    In 1988 Fifty cities across the eastern U.S. reported record low
            temperatures for the date.  The low of 56 degrees at
            Mobile AL was their coolest reading of record for so
            early in the season.  The mercury dipped to 31 degrees at
            Athens OH, and to 30 degrees at Thomas WV.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms in the central U.S. produced four inches of
            rain at Texamah overnight, and up to six inches of rain
            in southwestern Iowa.  Evening thunderstorms in eastern
            Colorado produced golf ball size hail at Clear Creek and
            at Nederland.  Late evening thunderstorms in Iowa
            drenched Harlan with more than four inches of rain.
    In 2002 Tropical Storm Fay came ashore at Matagorda Bay, Texas,
            producing flooding rains and several tornadoes.
    In 2005 Tropical Storm Ophelia formed from a depression in the
            Bahamas...the 15th named storm of the 2005 hurricane
            season. Also, Tropical Storm Nate, which formed 2 days
            earlier, became a hurricane, the 6th of the 2005 season.

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