TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  November 5, 2012.   
    This is the 310th day of the year, there are 56 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1894 The famous Election Day snowstorm occurred in   
               Connecticut.  As much as a foot of wet snow fell, and the   
               snow and high winds caused great damage to wires and   
               trees.  Winds gusted to 60 mph at Block Island RI.   
       In 1961 Strong Santa Ana winds fanned the flames of   
               the Bel Air/Brentwood fires in southern California   
               destroying many homes.  At 10 PM the Los Angeles Civic   
               Center reported a temperature of 74 degrees along with a   
               dewpoint of 5 degrees.  On the 6th, Burbank reported a   
               relative humidity of three percent.   
       In 1977 A slow moving storm produced 5 to 9 inch rains across   
               northern Georgia causing the Toccoa Dam to burst.  As the   
               earthen dam collapsed the waters rushed through the   
               Toccoa Falls Bible College killing three persons in the   
               dorms.  Thirty-eight persons perished at a trailer park   
               along the stream.   
       In 1987 A storm off the coast of California produced stormy   
               weather in the southwestern U.S.  Flash flooding stranded   
               8000 persons in the Death Valley National Park of   
               southern California.  Thunderstorms over southern Nevada   
               produced dime size hail and wind gusts to 68 mph around   
               Las Vegas.  Unseasonably mild weather in the northeastern   
               U.S. was replaced with snow and gale force winds.   
       In 1988 A powerful low pressure system produced high winds from   
               the Great Plains to New England, and produced heavy snow   
               in northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.  Winds gusted   
               to 64 mph at Knoxville TN, and reached 80 mph at Pleasant   
               Valley VT.   
       In 1989 "Mother Nature" used Sunday as a day of rest, as rather   
               tranquil weather prevailed across the nation.  Tempera-   
               tures warmed into the 80s across much of Texas.  Highs of   
               86 degrees at Abilene, Fort Worth and San Angelo were   
               records for the date.   
      
      
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