TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Monday  November 12, 2012.   
    This is the 317th day of the year, there are 49 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1906 The mercury soared to 106 degrees at Craftonville CA,   
               a November record for the U.S.   
       In 1959 Between Noon on the 11th and Noon on the 12th, a winter   
               storm buried Helena MT under 21.5 inches of snow, which   
               surpassed their previous 24 hour record by seven inches.   
       In 1968 A severe coastal storm produced high winds and record   
               early snows from Georgia to Maine.  Winds reached 90 mph   
               in Massachusetts, and ten inches of snow blanketed   
               interior Maine.   
       In 1974 A great Alaska storm in the Bering Sea caused the worst   
               coastal flooding of memory at Nome AK with a tide of 13.2   
               feet.  The flooding caused 12 million dollars damage,   
               however no lives are lost.   
       In 1987 Heavy snow spread across much of New England.  Totals in   
               Massachusetts ranged up to 14 inches in Plymouth County.   
               The seven inch total at the Logan Airport in Boston was   
               their highest of record for so early in the season, and   
               the 9.7 inch total at Providence RI was a record for   
               November.  Roads were clogged with traffic and made   
               impassable as snowplow operators were caught unprepared   
               for the early season snowstorm.   
       In 1988 Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced   
               severe weather in the Lower Mississippi Valley during the   
               afternoon and early evening hours.  Thunderstorms   
               produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Bovina MS.  Morning   
               thunderstorms drenched Atlanta TX with more than four   
               inches of rain.   
       In 1989 Thirty-three cities reported record high temperatures for   
               the date as readings soared into the 70s and 80s from the   
               Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle   
               Atlantic Coast Region.  The afternoon high of 80 degrees   
               at Scottsbluff NE was a record for November, and highs of   
               76 degrees at Rapid City SD and 81 degrees at Chattanooga   
               TN were the warmest of record for so late in the season.   
       In 1990 Typhoon Mike, the worst of 14 typhoons to strike the   
               Philippines in 1990, wrecked over 600,000 homes and   
               killed 436.   
       In 2003 (12th-13th) Deadly windstorms gusting to over 70 mph swept   
               across the Midwestern and Eastern U.S., knocking out power   
               to nearly a million customers, and bringing heavy flooding.   
               A motorist who drove past a roadblock was swept away by a   
               a creek in West Virginia...and in New York, a tree fell   
               onto a car, killing the driver. A Virginia teenager was   
               seriously injured when a tree fell on her as she waited for   
               a school bus. In the Watts, South Gate, and Compton   
               neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California, a freak storm   
               dropped 5 inches of rain and hail in under 2 hours. Drifts   
               of hail were up to 2 feet deep in places, and some vehicle   
               doors couldn't even be opened because of it. Near the   
               Detroit, Michigan Airport, a live power line fell across   
               Interstate 94, creating a monster traffic jam. Waves up to   
               16 feet were recorded on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. In   
               Wooster, Ohio, seven people were injured when a tornado   
               damaged a Rubbermaid plant. In Loudendale, West Virginia,   
               water over 4 feet deep carried off a 3000 gallon kerosene   
               tank that was outside a store.   
      
      
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