TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Friday  December 7, 2012.   
    This is the 342nd day of the year, there are 24 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1740 In early December two weeks of mild and rainy weather   
               culminated in the worst flood in fifty years in the Lower   
               Connecticut River Valley.  The Merrimack River swelled to   
               its highest level, and in Maine the raging waters swept   
               away mills, carried off bridges, and ruined highways.   
       In 1886 Heavy snow fell on the South and Appalachians, with 11"   
               in Montgomery, AL, 25" in Rome, GA and 33" in   
               Asheville, NC.   
       In 1935 Severe flooding hit parts of the Houston TX area.  Eight   
               persons were killed as 100 city blocks were inundated.   
               Satsuma reported 16.49 inches of rain.  The Buffalo and   
               White Oak Bayous crested on the 9th.  (6th-8th)   
       In 1987 Heavy rain fell across eastern Puerto Rico, with   
               19.41 inches reported at Las Piedras.  Flooding caused   
               five million dollars damage.  Another in a series of   
               storms hit the northwestern U.S., with wind gusts above   
               100 mph reported at Cape Blanco OR.  While snow and gusty   
               winds accompanied a cold front crossing the Rockies,   
               strong westerly winds, gusting to 93 mph at Boulder CO,   
               helped temperatures in western Kansas reach the 60s for   
               the sixth day in a row.   
       In 1988 An outbreak of cold arctic air brought up to 18 inches of   
               snow to the Colorado Rockies, with 14 inches at Boulder   
               CO, and seven inches at Denver.  Heavy snow blanketed New   
               Mexico the following day, with 15 inches reported near   
               Ruidoso.   
       In 1989 A storm moving out of the Central Rocky Mountain Region   
               spread snow across Kansas and Oklahoma into Arkansas and   
               Tennessee.  Snowfall totals ranged up to 7.5 inches at   
               Winfield KS.  Freezing rain on trees and power lines cut   
               off electricity to 24,000 homes in northeastern Arkansas,   
               and 40,000 homes in the Nashville TN area were without   
               electricity for several hours.   
      
      
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