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

 Today is Tuesday  February 28, 2006.
 This is the 59th day of the year, there are 306 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1900 A massive storm spread record snows from Kansas to New
            York State.  Snowfall totals ranged up to 17.5 inches at
            Springfield IL and 43 inches at Rochester NY, with up to
            60 inches in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.
    In 1952 An intense storm brought coastal sections of southeastern
            Massachusetts to a halt, stranding 3000 motorists on
            Lower Cape, and leaving ten thousand homes on the Cape
            without electricity.  Winds gusting to 72 mph made
            mountainous snowdrifts of the 18 inches of snow which
            buried Nantucket and Hyannis.  A barometric pressure
            reading of 29.02 inches was reported at the center of the
            storm.
    In 1959 The weight of snow collapsed the Listowel Arena near
            Toronto while a hockey game was being played.
    In 1987 A powerful storm produced severe thunderstorms in
            Louisiana and Mississippi early in the day.  About mid
            morning a monstrous tornado touched down near Moselle MS
            and grew to a width of two miles as it passed near Laurel
            MS.  The tornado traveled a distance of 40 miles killing
            six persons, injuring 350 others, and causing 28.5
            million dollars damage.  The tornado swept homes right
            off their foundations, and tossed eighteen wheel trucks
            about like toys.  Strong straight line winds associated
            with the powerful storm system gusted to 70 mph at
            Jonesboro AR and Carbondale IL.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms in California produced severe weather
            during the early morning hours.  Strong thunderstorm
            winds, gusting to 74 mph, downed trees in the Sacramento
            area.  Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the
            northwestern U.S.  The afternoon high of 71 degrees
            at Portland OR was a February record. 
    In 1989 Thunderstorms in the southeast corner of the nation
            produced winds gusts to 58 mph at Fort Lauderdale FL, and
            a total of seven inches of rain.  Heavy snow whitened
            parts of the Northern Plateau and the Northern Rockies,
            with ten inches reported at Marion MT. 
    In 1990 Showers and thunderstorms over the Southern Plains Region
            capped a record wet February for parts of Oklahoma.
            Totals for the month ranged up to 9.11 inches at
            McCurtain, with 4.63 inches reported at Oklahoma City.
            Snow and sleet fell across northern Oklahoma, with four
            inches reported at Freedom and Jefferson.  Snow also
            spread across southern Kansas into Missouri and Arkansas,
            with six inches of snow reported at Harrison AR.
            February temperatures at Nome AK averaged 21 degrees
            below normal, ranging from -38 degrees to 29 degrees
            during the month.

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