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

 Today is Monday  July 31, 2006.
 This is the 212nd day of the year, there are 153 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1949 Lightning hit a baseball game in Florida, digging a 20 foot
            trench in the infield, and instantly killing the shortstop
            and 3rd baseman.
    In 1976 A stationary thunderstorm produced more than ten inches
            of rain which funneled into the narrow Thompson River
            Canyon of northeastern Colorado.  A wall of water six to
            eight feet high wreaked a twenty-five mile path of
            destruction from Estes Park to Loveland killing
            156 persons.  The flash flood caught campers, and caused
            extensive structural and highway damage.  Ten miles of
            U.S. Highway 34 were totally destroyed as the river was
            twenty feet higher than normal at times.
    In 1986 The temperature at Little Rock AR soared to 112 degrees
            to establish an all-time record high for that location.
            Morrilton AR hit 115 degrees, and daily highs for the
            month averaged 102 degrees.
    In 1987 The deadliest tornado in 75 years struck Edmonton,
            Alberta, killing 26 persons and injuring 200 others.  The
            twister caused more than 75 million dollars damage along
            its nineteen mile path, leaving 400 families homeless.
            At the Evergreen Mobile Home Park, up to 200 of the 720
            homes were flattened by the tornado.
            Afternoon highs of 106 at Aberdeen SD, and 102 at Ottumwa
            IA and Rapid City SD, were records for the date.  It
            marked the seventh straight day of 100 degree heat for
            Rapid City.  Baltimore MD reported a record twenty-two
            days of 90 degree weather in July.  Evening thunderstorms
            produced golf ball size hail at Lemmon SD and wind gusts
            to 80 mph at Beulah ND.
    In 1988 Twenty-one cities in the north central U.S. reported
            record high temperatures for the date, including Sioux
            City IA with a reading of 107 degrees.  The reading of
            105 degrees at Minneapolis MN was their hottest since
            1936.  Pierre SD and Chamberlain SD, with highs of
            108 degrees, were just one degree shy of the hot spot in
            the nation, Palm Springs CA.
    In 1989 Overnight thunderstorms soaked eastern Kansas and western
            Missouri with heavy rain, with 4.5 inches reported at
            Nevada MO.  Evening thunderstorms in Oklahoma produced
            wind gusts to 75 mph at Covington.  Six cities in the
            north central U.S. reported record high temperatures for
            the date, including Williston ND with a reading of 105
            degrees.

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