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

 Today is Saturday  September 2, 2006.
 This is the 245th day of the year, there are 120 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1935 Perhaps the most intense hurricane ever to hit the U.S.
            struck the Florida Keys with 200 mph winds.  The
            hurricane produces a fifteen foot tide and waves thirty
            feet high.  400 persons perished in the storm on that
            Labor Day.  The barometric pressure at Matecumbe Bay FL
            hits a record low for the U.S. of 26.35 inches; which
            was the record until Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, which
            had a pressure of 26.13 inches.
    In 1950 The temperature at Mecca CA soared to 126 degrees to
            establish a U.S. record for the month of September.  The
            low that morning was 89 degrees.
    In 1985 After teasing residents along the Gulf of Mexico for two
            days, Hurricane Elena finally came ashore at Biloxi MS.
            The hurricane, packing winds of 127 mph, caused more than
            a billion dollars damage.
    In 1987 Late evening thunderstorms in the Northern Plains Region
            produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Jordan MT, and a "hot
            flash" at Redig SD.  The temperature at Redig rose from
            66 degrees at 10 PM to 86 degrees at 11 PM
            as thunderstorm winds gusted to 36 mph.  Nine cities
            in the Upper Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley and the
            Central Gulf Coast States reported record low tempera-
            tures for the date, including Elkins WV with a reading of
            38 degrees.
    In 1988 Unseasonably hot weather prevailed in the northwestern
            U.S.  Afternoon highs of 98 at Olympia WA, 98 at Seattle
            WA, 105 at Portland OR, and 110 at Medford OR,
            established records for the month of September.
            Quillayute WA equalled their September record with an
            afternoon high of 97 degrees.
    In 1989 Eight cities in the Gulf Coast Region reported record
            high temperatures for the date as readings soared into
            the upper 90s.  Houston TX and Port Arthur TX hit
            99 degrees.  Late evening thunderstorms, developing ahead
            of a cold front, produced wind gusts to 63 mph at
            Dickinson ND, and golf ball size hail in North Dakota and
            Nebraska.  Winds along the cold front itself gusted to 62
            mph at Buffalo SD.
    In 2002 An F-3 tornado damaged a large part of Ladysmith, WI --
            with a church, a hotel, and a senior citizen center
            suffering heavy damage.
    In 2005 Tropical Storm Maria formed in the Atlantic, the 13th
            named storm of the 2005 season. She became a hurricane
            on the 4th, becoming the 5th hurricane of the 2005 season.
            She became a major hurricane on the 5th, but remained only
            a threat to shipping.

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