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

 Today is Saturday  November 4, 2006.
 This is the 308th day of the year, there are 57 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1927 A great Vermont flood occurred.  Tropical rains deluged
            the Green Mountain area of Vermont causing the worst
            flood in the history of the state.  Torrential rains, up
            to 15 inches in the higher elevations, sent streams on a
            rampage devastating the Winooski Valley.  Flooding
            claimed 200 lives and caused 40 million dollars damage.
            The town of Vernon reported 84 deaths.  Flooding left up
            to eight to ten feet of water in downtown Montpelier VT.
            (2nd-4th)
    In 1979 100 mph chinook winds roared east of the Rockies in MT
            and CO. In Boulder, winds blew from zephyrs to 90 mph in
            seconds.
    In 1985 A super wet Gulf storm dumped upwards of fifteen inches
            of rain in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia
            causing devastating damage and claiming forty lives.
    In 1987 Thirty-two cities in the eastern and south central U.S.
            reported record high temperatures for the date.  Highs of
            74 degrees at Portland ME and 86 degrees at Fort Smith AR
            equalled November records.  It was the fourth day of
            record warmth for Beckley WV, Memphis TN and Paducah KY.
            A cold front ushered much colder air into the north
            central U.S.  Gale force winds lashed all five Great
            Lakes.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a fast moving cold
            front produced severe weather over the Tennessee Valley
            and the Central Gulf Coast States during the afternoon
            and evening hours, and into the next morning.  Thunder-
            storms spawned nineteen tornadoes, including eleven in
            Mississippi.  The last of the nineteen tornadoes killed
            a woman in her mobile home in Lee FL.  A tornado in
            Culbert AL injured sixteen people, and caused two million
            dollars damage.  Thunderstorms also produced baseball
            size hail in Alabama.  Unseasonably hot air prevailed
            south of the cold front.  McAllen TX was the hot spot in
            the nation with a high of 102 degrees.
    In 1989 Snow and high winds plagued parts of Colorado and
            Wyoming.  Winds gusted to 71 mph near Wheatland WY,
            and reached 80 mph west of Fort Collins CO.  Up to five
            inches of snow blanketed Yellowstone Park WY closing many
            roads.  Snow also blanketed northern Minnesota, with
            seven inches reported at Baudette.
    In 2001 Hurricane Michelle, the strongest of the 2001 Hurricane
            Season, slammed into southern Cuba with 135 mph winds.
            Originally a tropical depression off the coast of
            Nicauragua and Honduras several days earlier, Michelle
            rapidly intensified over the northwest Caribbean Sea.
            After crossing Cuba, she skirted the Florida Keys, and
            hit the Bahamas before heading into the Atlantic Ocean
            toward Bermuda.

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