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

 Today is Friday  August 25, 2006.
 This is the 237th day of the year, there are 128 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1885 A severe hurricane struck South Carolina causing
            1.3 million dollars damage at Charleston.
    In 1940 New Jersey experienced its coldest August morning of
            record, with lows of 32 degrees at Layton and
            Charlotteburg.
    In 1987 Morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in eastern
            Nebraska and southwestern Iowa.  Stanton IA reported
            10.50 inches of rain.  Water was reported up to the
            handle of automobiles west of Greenwood NE.  Rainfall
            totals for a two day period ranged from 7 to 14 inches
            across southwestern Iowa.  Crop damage was in the
            millions for both states.  Subsequent flooding of streams
            in Iowa the last week of August caused millions of
            dollars damage to crops, as some streams crested ten feet
            above flood stage.
    In 1988 Seven cities in California reported record high
            temperatures for the date, including Sacramento with
            an afternoon reading of 104 degrees.  Thunderstorms
            produced locally heavy rains in Arizona.  Chino Valley
            was drenched with 2.50 inches of rain in just thirty
            minutes washing out a couple of streets in town.
    In 1989 Morning thunderstorms drenched Spencer IN with 4.10
            inches of rain in three hours causing extensive street
            flooding.  Evening thunderstorms in eastern Kansas
            produced up to six inches of rain around Emporia, and
            four inches of rain in just forty-five minutes near
            Parsons, and also produced wind gusts to 70 mph at
            Lake Melvern.
    In 2005 Hurricane Katrina, which formed in the Bahamas the day
            before, made its first U.S. landfall with 80 mph winds
            between Hallandale Beach and North Miami Beach, Florida.
            Katrina brought wind gusts to 95 mph at Key Biscayne,
            gusts to 92 mph at Port Everglades, and wind gusts to 82
            mph at Fort Lauderdale. An overpass part of the Dolphin
            Expressway under construction in southwest Miami, collapsed
            as Katrina moved into the area. The eye passed right over
            the National Hurricane Center itself...the center at the
            flagpole of the complex...as if the hurricane was paying
            an ironic homage to the forecasters. Widespread damage...
            including over a million people without power, flooding
            rains to as much as 15 inches near Homestead, with similar
            amounts elsewhere in Miami-Dade county...was the rule. The
            storm dropped down to 70 mph off the coast, but quickly
            reintensified to 100 mph once offshore. A tornado struck
            at the airport in Marathon, Florida, causing damage to
            airplanes and structures. On the other side of the world,
            Tokyo, Japan was hit by Typhoon Mahwar with 90 mph winds.

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