TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  August 28, 2012.   
    This is the 241st day of the year, there are 125 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1898 Torrents of rain accompanied by a furious wind upset the   
               rain gage at Fort Mohave AZ.  However, water in a wash   
               tub set out on the mesa, clear of everything, measured   
               eight inches after the 45 minute storm.   
       In 1911 Saint George GA was deluged with 18.00 inches of rain in   
               24 hours to establish a state record.   
       In 1959 Lieutenant Colonel William Rankin bailed out of his plane   
               at a height of 46,000 feet into a violent thunderstorm,   
               and lived to write about the 45 minute journey (which   
               normally would have been a thirteen minute descent).  He   
               described it as one of the most bizarre and painful   
               experiences imaginable.   
       In 1971 Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Doria caused devastating   
               floods in central and northeastern New Jersey resulting   
               in 138 million dollars damage.  In southeastern   
               Pennsylvania, high winds downed trees and power lines,   
               and in New York City, heavy rains flooded streets and   
               subways.   
       In 1986 The temperature at Apalachicola FL dipped to 62 degrees   
               to shatter their previous August record by four degrees,   
               having tied their August record high of 99 degrees on the   
               2nd of the month.   
       In 1987 Severe thunderstorms broke the heat in the southeastern   
               U.S. and the Gulf Coast Region, but not before seven   
               cities reported record high temperatures for the date.   
               The severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph   
               downing large trees around Horse Shoe NC, and pelted   
               southeast Meridian MS with hail two inches in diameter.   
       In 1988 Tropical Storm Chris spawned a tornado near Manning SC   
               which killed one person, and spawned three tornadoes in   
               North Carolina.  Chris produced one to two foot tides,   
               and three to six inch rains, over coastal South Carolina.   
               Severe thunderstorms in New York State and Vermont,   
               developing ahead of a cold front, spawned a tornado which   
               killed one person at Hector NY, and produced tennis ball   
               size hail at Brandon VT, and wind gusts to 80 mph at   
               Lyndonville VT.   
       In 1989 Early morning thunderstorms in Nebraska produced 4.50   
               inches of rain around McCook, and 4.65 inches around   
               Auburn and Brownville.  Showers in Montana pushed the   
               rainfall total for the month at Havre past the previous   
               August record of 3.90 inches.   
      
      
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