TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  September 6, 2012.   
    This is the 250th day of the year, there are 116 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1881 Forest fires in Michigan and Ontario resulted in 'Yellow   
               Day' in the northeastern U.S.   Twenty villages in   
               Michigan burned, and a total of 500 persons were killed.   
               Fires caused 2.3 million dollars in losses near Lake   
               Huron.  Candles were needed at the noon hour.   
       In 1929 Iowa's earliest snow of record occurred as a few flakes   
               were noted at 9 AM at Alton.   
       In 1987 Heavy rainfall led to a mudslide which engulfed a mountain   
               road in Venezuela. 200 were killed as mud swamped their   
               cars. Thunderstorms produced more than seven inches of rain   
               in Georgia.  Four persons drowned, and two others suffered   
               injury, as three couples attempted to cross Mills Stone   
               Creek at Echols Mill in their automobile.    Smoke from   
               forest fires in California and Oregon spread across Utah   
               into western Colorado.   
       In 1988 Unseasonably cool weather prevailed across the north   
               central and northeastern U.S.  Thirty cities reported   
               record low temperatures for the date, including Saint   
               Joseph MO with a reading of 38 degrees.  A low of 44 at   
               Indianapolis IN was their coolest reading of record for   
               so early in the season.  The mercury dipped to 31 degrees   
               at Hibbing MN and Philips WI.   
       In 1989 An early afternoon thunderstorm produced wind gusts to   
               104 mph at Winterhaven FL flipping over four airplanes,   
               and damaging five others.  The high winds also damaged a   
               hangar and three other buildings.  A cold front produced   
               strong winds and blowing dust in the Northern High   
               Plains, with gusts to 54 mph reported at Buffalo SD.   
               Powerful Hurricane Gabrielle and strong easterly winds   
               combined to create waves up to ten feet high along the   
               south half of the Atlantic coast.   
      
      
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