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

 Today is Wednesday  September 22, 2004.
 This is the 266th day of the year, there are 100 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1890 A severe hailstorm struck Strawberry AZ. Five days after
            the storm hail still lay in drifts 12 to 18 inches deep.
    In 1913 Des Moines IA experienced their earliest freeze of record.
    In 1961 Hurricane Esther made a near complete circle south of
            Cape Cod.  The hurricane then passed over Cape Cod and
            hit Maine.  Its energy was largely spent over the
            North Atlantic Ocean, however, heavy rains over Maine
            resulted in widespread local flooding of cellars, low
            roads, and underpasses.
    In 1983 Forty-one cities reported record cold temperatures during
            the morning.  Houston TX hit 50 degrees, and Williston ND
            plunged to 19 above.
    In 1987 Hurricane Emily, the first hurricane to roam the
            Carribean in nearly six years, made landfall over the
            Dominican Republic late in the day, packing 125 mph
            winds.  Emily killed three persons and caused thirty
            million dollars damage.  A record high of 92 degrees
            at Miami FL was their fifth in a row.
    In 1988 An early morning thunderstorm produced baseball size hail
            at Plainview, in Hale County TX.  Late in the evening
            more thunderstorms in the Southern High Plains Region
            produced wind gusts to 75 mph at Plainview TX and Crosby TX
    In 1989 Hurricane Hugo quickly lost strength over South Carolina,
            but still was a tropical storm as it crossed into North
            Carolina, just west of Charlotte, at about 7 AM.  Winds
            around Charlotte reached 69 mph, with gusts to 99 mph.
            Eighty percent of the power was knocked out to Charlotte
            and Mecklenburg County.  Property damage in North
            Carolina was 210 million dollars, and damage to crops was
            97 million dollars.  The strongest storm surge occurred
            along the southern coast shortly after midnight, reaching
            nine feet above sea level at ocean Isle and Sunset Beach.
            Hugo killed one person and injured 15 others in North
            Carolina. Strong northwesterly winds ushered unseasonably
            cold air into the north central U.S., in time for the
            official start of autumn, at 8:20 PM CDT.  Squalls produced
            light snow in northern Wisconsin.  Winds in Wisconsin gusted
            to 52 mph at Rhinelander.
    In 2000 Tropical Storm Helene struck Pensacola, Florida, bringing
            more heavy rain to an area hit just days earlier by
            Tropical Storm Gordon.
    In 2002 Hurricane Isidore, which had just days before ravaged
            parts of Cuba, hit the Yucatan Peninsula near Progreso,
            Mexico, with 125 mph winds. It stayed over land a few days,
            weakening it considerably, but producing flooding rains
            over the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba, because of its large
            circulation. Isidore weakened to a Tropical Storm by the
            time it moved back into the Gulf Of Mexico...finally making
            landfall near New Orleans as a Tropical Storm on the 26th.
    In 2003 For the second time in just under a month, Baja California
            was hit by a hurricane...this time, Hurricane Marty with
            100 mph winds, coming ashore near San Jose Del Cabo. Heavy
            rain of over 8 inches caused flooding and mudslides.


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