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

 Today is Monday  February 20, 2006.
 This is the 51st day of the year, there are 314 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1805 The Potomac River was opened after being closed by ice
            for two months.
    In 1898 Eastern Wisconsin experienced their biggest snowstorm of
            record.  Racine received thirty inches, and drifts around
            Milwaukee measured fifteen feet high.
    In 1953 A snowstorm in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota
            produced drifts ten feet high which derailed trains.
    In 1985 A lightning strike in St. George, Kansas was so bright,
            students at a school 2 blocks away thought lights had been
            turned on and off.
    In 1987 A storm system over Arizona spread heavy snow from the
            Southern Rockies into the Southern Plains Region.
            Thunderstorms in central Texas produced golf ball size
            hail about the same time north central Texas was being
            blanketed with up to 8 inches of snow, closing many
            schools.
    In 1988 Snow and strong northerly winds ushered arctic air into
            the Great Lakes Region.  The temperature at Sault Ste
            Marie MI plunged from 30 degrees at 5 AM to one below
            zero by 3 PM, with a wind chill reading of 40 degrees
            below zero.  Five cities in Florida reported record high
            temperatures for the date.  The high of 90 degrees at
            Lakeland was just a degree shy of their February record.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing during the early afternoon
            produced severe weather from eastern Texas to Alabama and
            northwest Florida.  Thunderstorms spawned a dozen
            tornadoes during the afternoon and evening.  Thunder-
            storms also produced 90 mph winds around Vicksburg MS,
            and 100 mph winds around Jackson MS.
    In 1990 Heavy snow spread into southwestern Kansas and the
            panhandle region of Oklahoma and Texas.  Heavier snowfall
            totals included 12 inches at Boise City OK, 11 inches at
            Liberal KS, and 10 inches at Spearman TX.  Blowing and
            drifting snow closed roads in the Oklahoma panhandle.

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