TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Tuesday  October 2, 2012.   
    This is the 276th day of the year, there are 90 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1882 An early season windstorm over Oregon and northern   
               California blew down thousands of trees and caused great   
               crop damage in the Sacramento Valley.   
       In 1898 A hurricane struck the Georgia coast washing away   
               Campbell Island.   
       In 1959 A tornado struck the town of Ivy VA (located near   
               Charlottesville).  Eleven persons were killed, including   
               ten from one family.   
       In 1980 The temperature at Blue Canyon CA soared to 88 degrees,   
               an October record for that location.   
       In 1981 Severe thunderstorms raked Phoenix AZ with heavy rain,   
               high winds, and hail up to an inch and a half in   
               diameter, for the second day in a row.  Thunderstorms on   
               the 1st deluged Phoenix with .68 inch of rain in five   
               minutes, equalling their all-time record.   
       In 1987 A fast moving cold front produced snow flurries from   
               Minnesota to the Appalachian Mountains, and gale force   
               winds behind the front ushered cold air into the Great   
               Lakes Region.  Valentine NE reported a record low of   
               25 degrees.  Temperatures recovered rapidly in the   
               Northern High Plains Region, reaching the low 80s by   
               afternoon.  Jackson WY warmed from a morning low of   
               21 degrees to an afternoon high of 76 degrees.   
       In 1988 Early morning thunderstorms in Georgia produced three   
               inches of rain at Canton and Woodstock.   
       In 1989 Flooding due to thunderstorm rains in the southeastern   
               U.S. on the last day of September and the first day of   
               October caused the Etowah River to rise seven feet above   
               flood stage at Canton GA.  Thunderstorms produced up to   
               ten inches of rain in northeastern Georgia, with six   
               inches reported at Athens GA in 24 hours.  One man was   
               killed, and another man was injured, when sucked by   
               floodwaters into drainage lines.   
      
      
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