TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Thursday  October 18, 2012.   
    This is the 292nd day of the year, there are 74 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1906 A hurricane struck South Florida drowning 124 persons   
               stranded in the Florida Keys.   
       In 1910 Northeast winds as high as 70 mph (from a hurricane   
               moving northward up the Florida peninsula) carried water   
               out of Tampa Bay and the Hillsboro River.  The water   
               level lowered to nine feet below mean low water.  Forty   
               ships were grounded.   
       In 1911 The Athletics and NY Giants waited out a 6-day rain delay,   
               the longest rain delay in the history of the World Series.   
       In 1930 A big early season lake effect snowburst on the   
               lee shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario produced   
               47 inches at Governeur NY and 48 inches just south   
               of Buffalo.   
       In 1988 Eight cities in the southwestern U.S. reported record   
               high temperatures for the date, including Red Bluff CA   
               with a reading of 96 degrees.   
       In 1989 Unseasonably cold air began to invade the central and   
               eastern U.S.  Light snow fell across northern Maine, and   
               snow was also reported in the Great Lakes Region,   
               including the Chicago area.  Bismarck ND was the cold   
               spot in the nation with a low of 9 degrees above zero.   
               Five cities in Florida reported record high readings for   
               the date, as temperatures warmed above 80 degrees.  Miami   
               FL reported a record high of 90 degrees.   
       In 2004 Severe thunderstorms erupted across Arkansas and Missouri   
               spreading eastward into the Mississippi, and Tennessee   
               Valley...with several tornadoes, along with reports of   
               hail and strong winds reported. In Potosi, MO several   
               people were trapped in a lumberyard from tornadic winds.    
               Significant damage occurred at the Stuttgart, AR Airport.   
               Tragically, there were also several reports of injuries   
               and fatalities. Torrential rains and flash flooding also   
               occured across several areas, including central Arkansas.   
               Severe weather continued on the 19th across Tennessee,   
               Mississippi, and Alabama, with more tornadic storms.   
      
      
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