TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  September 11, 2012.   
    This is the 255th day of the year, there are 111 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1949 An early snowstorm brought 7.5 inches to Helena MT.   
               In Maine, a storm drenched New Brunswick with 8.05 inches   
               of rain in 24 hours, a state record.     
       In 1961 Very large and slow moving Hurricane Carla made landfall   
               near Port Lavaca TX.  Carla battered the central Texas   
               coast with wind gusts to 175 mph, and up to 16 inches of   
               rain, and spawned a vicious tornado which swept across   
               Galveston Island killing eight persons.  The hurricane   
               claimed 45 lives, and caused 300 million dollars damage.   
               The remnants of Carla produced heavy rain in the Lower   
               Missouri Valley and southern sections of the Upper Great   
               Lakes Region.   
       In 1965 Hurricane Betsy reached southern Arkansas, then weakened   
               as it moved across southern and eastern sections. Winds   
               of 50-70 mph were common, with 2-6 inches of rain.   
       In 1976 Up to five inches of rain brought walls of water and   
               millions of tons of debris into Bullhead City AZ via   
               washes from elevations above 3000 feet.  Flooding caused   
               more than three million dollars damage.  Chasms up to   
               forty feet deep were cut across some roads.   
       In 1986 Thunderstorms caused flash flooding and subsequent river   
               flooding in central Lower Michigan.  Up to 14 inches of   
               rain fell in a 72 hour period, and flooding caused 400   
               million dollars damage.   
       In 1987 Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms produced large   
               hail and damaging winds in Texas, and spawned three   
               tornadoes.  Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph at   
               Goodnight TX.   
       In 1988 Snow blanketed parts of the Central Rocky Mountain Region   
               and the Central Plateau, with ten inches reported at   
               Mount Evans CO.  Smoke from forest fires in the   
               northwestern U.S. reached Pennsylvania and New York   
               State.  Hurricane Gilbert, moving westward over the   
               Carribean, was packing winds of 100 mph by the end of the   
               day.   
       In 1989 Nine cities in the north central U.S. reported record low   
               temperatures for the date, including Havre MT with a   
               reading of 23 degrees.  Livingston MT and West   
               Yellowstone MT tied for honors as the cold spot in the   
               nation with morning lows of 17 degrees.  Thunderstorms   
               produced hail over the Sierra Nevada Range of California,   
               with two inches reported on the ground near Donner   
               Summit.  The hail made roads very slick, resulting in a   
               twenty car accident.   
       In 1992 The eye of Hurricane Iniki tracked across western Kauai HI,   
               stranding Steven Spielberg and the film crew of Jurassic Park.   
      
      
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