TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  December 8, 2012.   
    This is the 343rd day of the year, there are 23 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       In 1892 A tremendous ice fall occurred at Gay Hill TX.   
               Ice averaged four to six inches in diameter.   
       In 1938 The temperature at La Mesa CA soared to 108 degrees to   
               establish a U.S. record for the month of December.   
       In 1963 Lightning caused the crash of a jet airliner killing   
               81 persons at Elkton MD.   
       In 1987 A cold front crossing the northwestern U.S. continued to   
               produce high winds along the coast, and heavy snow   
               blanketed parts of the western U.S.  Snowfall totals in   
               the mountains of western Nevada ranged up to 18 inches at   
               Heavenly Valley and near the Boreal Ski Resort, and winds   
               at Reno NV gusted to 56 mph.  Thunderstorms over southern   
               Florida deluged the Florida Keys with up to five inches   
               of rain.  Strong winds, gusting to 48 mph at Gage OK,   
               ushered wintry weather into the Central High Plains.   
               Goodland KS, which one day earlier was 63 degrees, was   
               blanketed with two inches of snow.   
       In 1988 Santa Ana winds buffeted southern California, with gusts   
               to 92 mph reported at Laguna Peak.  The high winds   
               unroofed buildings, and downed trees and power lines,   
               igniting five major fires, and numerous smaller ones.   
               Damage was estimated at 15 to 20 million dollars.   
       In 1989 A winter storm spread snow and freezing rain across much   
               of the Atlantic Coast Region, from Georgia to New Jersey.   
               Snowfall totals ranged up to seven inches, at Stanton VA   
               and Tobacco MD.  Up to six inches of snow  blanketed the   
               mountains of northern Georgia.  More than one hundred   
               auto accidents were reported in Gwinnett County GA.   
       In 2002 Super Typhoon Pongsona hit Guam in the western Pacific,   
               with 180 mph winds. 1700 building were destroyed, and over   
               2000 more buildings were damaged.   
      
      
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