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

 Today is Monday  July 10, 2006.
 This is the 191st day of the year, there are 174 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1913 The mercury hit 134 degrees at Greenland Ranch in
            Death Valley CA, the hottest reading of record for North
            America.  Sandstorm conditions accompanied the heat.  The
            previous day was 129 degrees, with a morning low of 93
            degrees.
    In 1926 A lightning bolt struck an ammunition magazine in
            northern New Jersey, and a big red ball of fire leaped
            into the air triggering a series of explosions.  All
            buildings within a half mile radius were destroyed, and
            debris fell as far as twenty-two miles away.  Sixteen
            persons were killed, and property damage was seventy
            million dollars.
    In 1936 Afternoon highs of 112 degrees at Martinsburg WV,
            109 degrees at Cumberland MD and Frederick MD,
            110 degrees at Runyon NJ, and 111 degrees at Phoenixville
            PA, established all-time record highs for those four
            states.  It was the hottest day of record for the Middle
            Atlantic Coast Region.
    In 1979 The temperature at El Paso TX hit 112 degrees, an all-time
            record for that location. The next day was 110 degrees.
            An early morning thunderstorm in Minnesota produced wind
            gusts to 91 mph at Waseca.  Later in the day,
            thunderstorms in South Dakota produced wind gusts to 81 mph
            at Ipswitch, and baseball size hail near Hayes and Capa.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms brought welcome rains to parts of the
            central U.S., but produced severe weather along the
            New England coast, in the Great Lakes Region, in North
            Carolina, and in the Southern Plateau Region.  Strong
            thunderstorm winds gusting to 80 mph at Bullfrog UT sank
            three boats on Lake Powell.
    In 1989 Severe thunderstorms spawned seventeen tornadoes in the
            northeastern U.S.  One powerful (F-4) tornado struck
            Hamden CT and New Haven CT, causing 100 million dollars
            damage at Hamden, and another 20 million dollars damage
            around New Haven.  Forty persons were injured in the
            tornado.  Seventy persons were injured in a tornado which
            traveled from Watertown CT to Waterbury CT, and another
            powerful (F-4) tornado touched down near Ames NY injuring
            twenty persons along its 43.5 mile track.  It was the
            strongest tornado of record for eastern New York State.
    In 2003 Severe thunderstorms with heavy rain and resulting flash
            flooding affected much of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
    In 2005 Hurricane Dennis, which ravaged Cuba and Haiti days
            earlier...made landfall near Santa Rosa Island, FL...
            between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach, FL...with 120
            mph winds. Widespread damage was reported across Cuba,
            with winds to 135 mph near Cabo Cruz, and 150 mph near
            Cienfuegos...where over 85 percent of the power lines
            and communications infrastructure was either damaged or
            destroyed. It was the earliest date of a Category 4
            hurricane in the Atlantic basin. Dennis weakened to a
            Category 1 hurricane, and its outer bands caused quite
            bit of damage and flooding to the Florida Keys. Once back
            over the Gulf Of Mexico, he intensified rapidly back to a
            Category 4 hurricane, with 145 mph winds. He weakened to
            a Category 3 hurricane just before landfall...but the
            remnants of the storm were to wreak havoc across the
            southeast United States for several days with flooding
            rains, high winds, and tornadoes. It was the earliest
            date for a category 3 landfalling U.S. hurricane in the
            Atlantic basin.

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