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

 Today is Wednesday  September 8, 2004.
 This is the 252nd day of the year, there are 114 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1900 The greatest weather disaster in U.S. records occurred
            when a hurricane struck Galveston TX.  A tide  fifteen
            feet high washed over the island demolishing or carrying
            away buildings, and drowning more than 6000 persons.  The
            hurricane destroyed more than 3600 houses, and total
            damage was more than thirty million dollars.  Winds to
            120 mph, and a twenty foot storm surge accompanied the
            hurricane.  Following the storm, the surf was 300 feet
            inland from the former water line.  The hurricane claimed
            another 1200 lives outside of the Galveston area.  (8th-
            9th)
    In 1987 A tropical depression off the coast of South Carolina
            brought another round of heavy rain to the Middle
            Atlantic Coast Region and the Upper Ohio Valley.  Showers
            and thunderstorms produced extremely heavy rain in
            eastern Pennsylvania, where flooding caused more than
            55 million dollars damage across a seven county area. The
            afternoon high of 97 degrees at Miami FL was a record for
            the month of September.
    In 1988 Eighteen cities in the south central and eastern U.S.
            reported record low temperatures for the date, including
            Roanoke VA with a reading of 42 degrees.
    In 1989 Thunderstorms developing along a stationary front
            produced very heavy rain in the central U.S.  Thunder-
            storms during the late morning and afternoon produced
            5 to 9 inches of rain around Lincoln NE, with an
            unofficial total of eleven inches near Holmes Park.
            Up to six and a half inches of rain soaked northern and
            western Iowa.  Eighty to ninety percent of the homes in
            Shenandoah IA, where 5.89 inches of rain was received,
            reported basement flooding.


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