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

 Today is Thursday  February 23, 2006.
 This is the 54th day of the year, there are 311 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1802 A great snowstorm raged along the New England coast.  The
            snowfall reached a total of 48 inches north of Boston.
            Three large ships from Salem were wrecked along Cape Cod.
    In 1936 A severe blizzard in the Sierra Nevada Range closed Donner
            Pass.  It stranded 750 motorists and claimed seven lives.
    In 1986 Surf heights rose to near 40' along Oahu's north shore as
            the Hawaiian Islands were pounded by damaging surf.
    In 1987 A winter storm buried the Middle Atlantic Coast Region
            under heavy snow.  Totals ranged up to 24 inches at
            Lancaster PA, with 23 inches at Coatesville PA.  During
            the height of the storm Philadelphia PA received five
            inches of snow in one hour.  The Washington D.C. area was
            blanketed with up to 15 inches of snow.
    In 1988 Strong northwesterly winds ushered arctic air into the
            central U.S., and temperatures in Missouri were thirty
            degrees colder than the previous day.  The strong winds
            produced squalls along the shore of Lake Superior, with
            up to 15 inches of snow reported over the Keweenaw
            Peninsula of Upper Michigan.
    In 1989 Nineteen cities in the central U.S. reported new record
            low temperatures for the date, including Lincoln NE with
            a reading of 19 degrees below zero.
    In 1990 A fast moving storm produced near blizzard conditions in
            Michigan.  Snowfall totals ranged up to 9.5 inches in
            Allegan County, wind gusts reached 74 mph at Ann Arbor,
            and five foot snow drifts were reported around Saginaw.
            The Michigan AAA records showed more than 5000 traffic
            accidents reported, a near record for one day.  There
            were several chain reaction collisions.  One near Pontiac
            involved a hundred cars.

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