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

 Today is Tuesday  December 26, 2006.
 This is the 360th day of the year, there are 5 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1776 George Washington crossed the ice clogged Delaware River.
            He marched on Trenton in the midst of snow and sleet thus
            surprising and capturing many of the British garrison.
    In 1947 New York City received a record 26.4 inches of snow in 24
            hours, with as much as 32 inches reported in the suburbs.
            The heavy snow brought traffic to a standstill, and snow
            removal cost eight million dollars.  Thirty thousand
            persons were called upon to remove the 100 million tons
            of snow.  The storm claimed 27 lives.  (26th-27th)
    In 1983 Miami FL established a December record with a morning low
            of 33 degrees.  Just three days earlier, and again three
            days later, record warm temperatures were reported in
            Florida, with daytime highs in the 80s.
    In 1987 Freezing rain plagued parts of the south central U.S.,
            from northwest Texas to southwest Missouri.  Southwest
            Missouri was turned into a huge skating rink as roads
            beacme sheets of ice.  Damage to tree limbs and power
            lines compared to a hundred tornadoes, and half of the
            city of Springfield was left without electricity for
            24 hours.  Snow, sleet and ice covered the northwestern
            two thirds of Oklahoma.  75,000 homes were left without
            electricity as ice accumulated one to two inches in a 40-
            mile band from Duncan to Norman to Tulsa to Miami.
            25,000 of those homes were still without power a week
            later.  The storm claimed the lives of seven persons.
            (24th-27th)
    In 1988 Low pressure produced heavy snow from North Dakota to
            western sections of the Great Lakes Region, with up to
            fourteen inches reported in the Chicago area.  Cold
            arctic air hovered over the Plateau Region.  Temper-
            atures in the Big Smokey Valley of Nevada plunged to
            31 degrees below zero.
    In 1989 Strong northerly winds behind an arctic cold front
            produced snow squalls in the Great Lakes Region and
            dangerous wind chill temperatures in the northeastern
            U.S.  Wind chill readings as cold as 40 degrees below
            zero were reported in New York State.

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