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

 Today is Saturday  September 18, 2004.
 This is the 262nd day of the year, there are 104 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1926 The great "Miami Hurricane" produced winds reaching
            138 mph which drove ocean waters into the Biscayne Bay
            drowning 135 persons.  The eye of the hurricane passed
            over Miami, at which time the barometric pressure reached
            27.61 inches.  Tides up to twelve feet high accompanied
            the hurricane, which claimed a total of 372 lives.
    In 1987 Early morning thunderstorms in northern Texas produced
            wind gusts to 65 mph at Sulphur Springs, and 2.50 inches
            of rain in one hour to Commerce, which caused widespread
            street flooding.  Bonham TX received 4.50 inches of rain
            which also resulted in widespread street flooding as Pig
            Branch overflowed its banks.
    In 1988 A strong cold front produced severe thunderstorms in the
            north central U.S.  High winds behind the cold front
            gusted to 92 mph at Fort Collins CO, and up to a foot of
            snow blanketed the mountains of Montana, with seven
            inches reported at Great Falls.  High winds in Colorado
            caused three million dollars damage.
    In 1989 Hurricane Hugo hit Puerto Rico, producing wind gusts
            to 92 mph at San Juan, and wind gusts to 120 mph at
            Roosevelt Roads.  Hugo produced a storm surge of four to
            six feet, and northeastern sections of the island were
            deluged with more than ten inches of rain.  Hugo claimed
            the lives of a dozen persons in Puerto Rico, and caused
            a bilion dollars damage, incuding 100 million dollars
            damage to crops. Thunderstorms representing what remained
            of Hurricane Octave continued to bring heavy rain to the
            valleys of northern California.  Heavier 24 hour rainfall
            totals included 3.15 inches at Redding, and 2.66 inches at
            Red Bluff.
    In 2003 Hurricane Isabel, which at one time, was a category 5
            hurricane, the first in the Atlantic basin since Mitch in
            1998, weakened to a category 2 hurricane before coming
            ashore at Drum Inlet, North Carolina. Isabel was a rather
            large storm, with tropical storm and hurricane force winds,
            as well as heavy rains, spreading over a large area.


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