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Ärende: Today In Weather History
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 TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Wednesday  September 21, 2005.
 This is the 264th day of the year, there are 101 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1894 A heavy chicken house, sixteen by sixteen feet in area,
            was picked up by a tornado and wedged between two trees.
            The hens were found the next day sitting on their eggs in
            the chicken house, with no windows broken, as though
            nothing had happened.
    In 1938 A great hurricane smashed into Long Island and bisected
            New England causing a massive forest blowdown and
            widespread flooding.  Winds gusted to 186 mph at
            Blue Hill MA, and a storm surge of nearly thirty feet
            caused extensive flooding along the coast of Rhode
            Island.  The hurricane killed 600 persons and caused 500
            million dollars damage.  The hurricane, which lasted
            twelve days, destroyed 275 million trees.  Hardest hit
            were Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Long
            Island NY.  The "Long Island Express" produced gargantuan
            waves with its 150 mph winds.  The waves smashed against
            the New England shore with such force that earthquake-
            recording machines on the Pacific coast clearly showed
            the shock of each wave.
    In 1954 The temperature at Deeth NV soared from a morning low of
            12 degrees to a high of 87 degrees, a record daily warm-
            up for the state.
    In 1987 Tropical Storm Emily, which formed in the Carribean the
            previous afternoon, caused considerable damage to the
            banana industry of Saint Vincent in the Windward Islands.
            Unseasonably hot weather continued in Florida and the
            western U.S.  Redding CA and Red Bluff CA, with record
            highs of 108 degrees, tied for honors as the hot spot in
            the nation.
    In 1988 Thunderstorms produced high winds and locally heavy rain
            in the southwestern U.S.  One thunderstorm in west Texas
            produced wind gusts to 86 mph at Dell City completely
            destroying an airport hangar.  A Cessna 150 aircraft
            housed within the hangar was flipped over and snapped in
            two.  Thunderstorms produced large hail in east central
            Utah, while snow blanketed some of the higher elevations
            of the state.
    In 1989 Hurricane Hugo slammed into the South Carolina coast
            about 11 PM, making landfall near Sullivans Island.
            Hurricane Hugo was directly responsible for thirteen
            deaths, and indirectly responsible for twenty-two others.
            A total of 420 persons were injured in the hurricane, and
            damage was estimated at eight billion dollars, including
            two billion dollars damage to crops.  Sustained winds
            reached 85 mph at Folly Beach SC, with wind gusts as high
            was 138 mph.  Wind gusts reached 98 mph at Charleston,
            and 109 mph at Shaw AFB.  The biggest storm surge
            occurred in the McClellanville and Bulls Bay area of
            Charleston County, with a storm surge of 20.2 feet
            reported at Seewee Bay.  Shrimp boats were found one half
            mile inland at McClellanville.

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