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

 Today is Monday  October 23, 2006.
 This is the 296th day of the year, there are 69 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1761 A hurricane struck southeastern New England.  It was the
            most violent in thirty years.  Thousands of trees blocked
            roads in Massachsuetts and Rhode Island.
    In 1843 "Indian Summer" was routed by cold and snow that brought
            sleighing from the Poconos to Vermont.  A foot of snow
            blanketed Haverhill NH and Newberry VT, and 18 to 24
            inches were reported in some of the higher elevations.
            Snow stayed on the ground until the next spring.  (22nd-
            23rd)
    In 1987 Thirteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record
            low temperatures for the date.  It marked the sixth
            record low of the month for Greer SC and Columbia SC, and
            the ninth of the month for Montgomery AL. Showers and
            thunderstorms deluged Corpus Christi TX with five inches
            of rain.  Winnemucca NV reported their first measurable
            rain in ninety-two days, and Yakima WA reported a record
             96 days in a row without measurable rainfall.
    In 1988 Denver CO reported their first freeze of the autumn, and
            Chicago IL reported their first snow.  In Texas,
            afternoon highs of 93 degrees at Austin and San Antonio
            were records for the date.
    In 1989 A storm moving out of the Gulf of Alaska brought rain and
            high winds to the Central Pacific Coast Region.  High
            winds in Nevada gusted to 67 mph at Reno, and
            thunderstorms around Redding CA produced wind gusts to 66
            mph.  Locally heavy rains in the San Francisco area
            caused numerous mudslides, adding insult to injury for
            earthquake victims.
    In 2005 Tropical Storm Alpha, the first named storm of the Greek
            alphabet (because all of the previous named storms of the
            2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season had been used...the first
            time that has ever happened), made landfall near Barahona
            in the Dominican Republic. It produced tremendous rains,
            flooding, and mudslides over the Dominican Republic and
            Haiti...areas that had been affected by tropical systems
            several times already during the season. 

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