TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  September 13, 2012.   
    This is the 257th day of the year, there are 109 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1922 The temperature at El Azizia in Libyia soared   
               to 136 degrees to estbalish a world record.  To make   
               matters worse, a severe ghibi (dust storm) was in   
               progress.   
       In 1928 Hurricane San Felipe crossed Puerto Rico resulting in the   
               highest winds, the heaviest rains, and the greatest   
               destruction in years.  The hurricane produced much damage   
               in the Virgin Islands, and later hit the Bahamas and   
               Florida.   
       In 1978 Torrential rains during the early morning resulted in a   
               flash flood in western and southwestern Little Rock, as   
               well as adjacent areas. There were 10 fatalities, mainly   
               from people trying to drive through flooded areas. Water   
               went from ankle deep...to knee deep...to waist deep...in   
               just 3 hours.   
       In 1984 Hurricane Diana, after making a complete loop off   
               the Carolina coast, made landfall and moved across   
               eastern North Carolina. Diana deluged Cape Fear with   
               more than 18 inches of rain, and caused 78 million   
               dollars damage in North Carolina.   
       In 1987 Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the   
               northeastern U.S. Flooding was reported in Vermont, New   
               York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Greenwood NY received   
               6.37 inches of rain.  A dike along a creek at Prattsburg   
               NY gave way and a two million dollar onion crop left on   
               the ground to dry was washed away.  The prolonged rains   
               in the eastern U.S. finally came to an end late in the   
               day as a cold front began to push the warm and humid   
               airmass out to sea.   
       In 1988 Hurricane Gilbert smashed into the Cayman Islands, as   
               it headed for the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, and   
               strenghtened into a monster hurricane, packing winds   
               of 175 mph.  The barometric pressure at the center of   
               Gilbert reached 26.13 inches (888 mb), an all-time record   
               for any hurricane in the Carribean, Gulf of Mexico, or   
               the Atlantic Ocean.  Gilbert covered much of the Gulf of   
               Mexico, producing rain as far away as the Florida Keys.   
       In 1989 Unseasonably cool weather prevailed over the Central   
               Plains Region, with a record low of 29 degrees at North   
               Platte NE.  Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across   
               the Pacific Northwest, with a record high of 96 degrees   
               at Eugene OR.  Thunderstorms over south Texas produced   
               wind gusts to 69 mph at Del Rio, and two inches of rain   
               in two hours.   
       In 1999 Hurricane Floyd, with winds of 155 mph, ravaged the   
               Bahamas, and headed toward Florida. It weakened a bit,   
               turned north, and made landfall near Cape Fear, NC on   
               the 16th as a category 2 hurricane. Floyd was responsible   
               for 69 deaths, and at least $3 billion in damage.   
      
      
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