TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  August 20, 2012.   
    This is the 233rd day of the year, there are 133 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1886 The town of Indianola TX was completely destroyed by a   
               hurricane, and never rebuilt.   
       In 1910 The "big blow up" of forest fires finally came to an end   
               in Idaho.  A record dry August fueled 1736 fires which   
               burned three million acres destroying six billion board   
               feet of timber.  The fires claimed the lives of 85   
               persons, 78 of which were fire fighters, and consumed the   
               entire town of Wallace.  The smoke spread a third of the   
               way around the world producing some dark days in the U.S.   
               and Canada.  The forest fires prompted federal fire   
               protection laws.   
       In 1987 Half a dozen cities in the Central Plains Region reported   
               record high temperatures for the date, including Pueblo   
               CO with a reading of 102 degrees, and Goodland KS with a   
               high of 104 degrees.  Hill City KS reached 106 degrees.   
       In 1988 Sheridan WY reported a record hot temperature reading of   
               100 degrees.  Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball   
               size hail near Fortuna ND, and wind gusts to 70 mph near   
               Webster SD.   
       In 1989 Early morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in   
               southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma, with up to   
               six inches reported around Tulsa OK.  Some roads in the   
               Tulsa area were closed by water 10 to 12 feet deep.   
               Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in northern   
               Oklahoma and southern Kansas.  Thunderstorms produced   
               winds gusts to 75 mph in Major County OK, and hail two   
               inches in diameter at Jennings KS.   
       In 1991 In South Dakota, a 3 AM electrical storm was so bright,   
               a civil defense director was able to drive 10 minutes   
               without his headlights.   
      
      
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