TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  October 15, 2012.   
    This is the 289th day of the year, there are 77 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1880 A violent early season blizzard raked Minnesota and the   
               Dakotas.  Winds gusted to 70 mph at Yankton SD, and snow   
               drifts 10 to 15 feet high were reported in northwest Iowa   
               and southeast South Dakota.  Saint Paul MN reported a   
               barometric pressure of 28.65 inches on the 16th.   
               Railroads were blocked by drifts of snow which remained   
               throughout the severe winter to follow.  Gales did   
               extensive damage to ships on the Great Lakes.  (15th-16th)   
       In 1954 Hurricane Hazel struck the Carolina coastline.   
               The hurricane demolished every pier along a 170 mile   
               stretch from Myrtle Beach SC to Cedar Island NC, and   
               obliterated entire lines of beach homes.  Hurricane Hazel   
               also destroyed 1500 homes as it moved inland with   
               seventeen foot tides.  Winds between Myrtle Beach SC and   
               Cape Fear NC gusted to 150 mph.  Hurricane Hazel caused   
               163 million dollars damage, and claimed the lives of 98   
               persons.   
       In 1966 Iowa experienced its worst late season tornado of record.   
               In just one minute a twister tore through the town of   
               Belmond leveling 75 percent of the businesses, and 100   
               homes, causing more than eleven million dollars damage.   
       In 1987 Unseasonably cold weather continued in the eastern U.S.,   
               with thirteen cities reporting record low temperatures   
               for the date.  The low of 34 degrees at Montgomery AL was   
               their coldest reading of record for so early in the   
               season.  Lows of 32 at Harrisburg PA and 34 at   
               Parkersburg WV marked their third straight morning of   
               record cold.   
       In 1988 The cold high pressure system responsible for the record   
               low temperatures in the eastern U.S. began to move out to   
               sea, giving way to a trend toward "Indian Summer".   
               Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced   
               golf ball size hail at Altamont KS and hail two inches in   
               diameter at Yates City IL.   
       In 1989 Hurricane Jerry made landfall at Galveston TX at 6:30 PM   
               CDT.  Winds at the Galveston Airport reached 75 mph, with   
               gusts to 100 mph.  Tides along the island were six to   
               eight feet, and rainfall totals ranged up to slightly   
               more than six inches north of Beaumont.  Three persons   
               were killed when their vehicle was blown off the   
               Galveston seawall into the pounding surf.  Total damage   
               along the Upper Texas Coast was estimated at fifteen   
               million dollars. Thunderstorms produced severe weather   
               in Lower Michigan during the late morning.  Two persons   
               were injured when a tree fell on their camper at the   
               Traverse City State park.  While strong northerly winds   
               ushered much colder air into the central U.S.,   
               unseasonably warm weather continued in the south central   
               and eastern U.S. The afternoon high of 82 degrees at   
               Bluefield WV was a record for October.   
      
      
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