TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Sunday  August 26, 2012.   
    This is the 239th day of the year, there are 127 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1883 Krakatoa Volcano exploded in the East Indies.  The   
               explosion was heard more than 2500 miles away, and every   
               barograph around the world recorded the passage of the   
               air wave, up to seven times.  Giant waves, 125 feet high   
               and traveling 300 mph, devastated everything in their   
               path, hurling ashore coral blocks weighing up to 900   
               tons, and killing more than 36,000 persons.  Volcanic ash   
               was carried around the globe in thirteen days producing   
               blue and green suns in the tropics, and then vivid red   
               sunsets in higher latitudes.  The temperature of the   
               earth was lowered one degree for the next two years,   
               finally recovering to normal by 1888.   
       In 1949 A hurricane made landfall at Delray Beach.  Winds reached   
               153 mph at the Jupiter Lighthouse before the anemometer   
               failed.  The hurricane caused 45 million dollars damage   
               to crops.  The hurricane also caught the Georgia and   
               South Carolina coast resulting in another two million   
               dollars damage.   
       In 1965 Severe thunderstorms associated with the invasion of   
               arctic air spawned tornadoes and produced 100 mph winds   
               in the Chicago area.   
       In 1976 A weak tornado touched down briefly in the Hockley Hills   
               near Kiana AK, about 29 miles north of the Arctic Circle.   
       In 1987 Showers and thunderstorms drenched northern Illinois   
               during the morning and afternoon hours pushing August   
               rainfall totals for Chicago, Moline and Peoria to new all-   
               time highs for any month of the year.  By the end of   
               August, Chicago had received 17.10 inches of rain, which   
               easily surpassed their previous record of 14.17 inches   
               established in September 1961.   
       In 1988 A dozen cities in Texas, Colorado and California reported   
               record high temperatures for the date, including highs of   
               100 at Pueblo CO, 106 at Wichita Falls TX, and 109 at   
               Redding CA.  Afternoon thunderstorms in Utah deluged the   
               town of Beaver with more than an inch of rain in twenty   
               minutes.   
       In 1989 Anchorage AK was soaked with a steady rain, and the   
               24 hour total of 4.12 inches smashed their previous   
               24 hour precipitation total of 2.10 inches.  It also   
               pushed their rainfall total for the month past the   
               previous August record.   
       In 1992 Hurricane Andrew made its second US landfall west-southwest   
               of Morgan City, Louisiana.   
       In 2003 (23rd-27th) Starting as a Tropical Storm, Ignacio became   
               the latest first hurricane for the season in the Eastern   
               Pacific basin. At its peak, it had 105 mph winds, but   
               drifted slowly toward Baja California, finally coming   
               on the 26th as a minimal hurricane. Rainfall totals were   
               over 20 inches in many places, with major flooding and   
               mudslides across areas of Baja California and northwest   
               Mexico, before dissipating over Baja California on the   
               27th. Typhoon Krovanh hit the Chinese province of Hainan   
               with heavy rains and strong winds, resulting in widespread   
               flooding, damage, and injuries.   
      
      
   --- GTMail 1.26    
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- wx1der.dyndns.org (1:19/33.0)