TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid   
      
    Today is Saturday  November 28, 2015.   
    This is the 332nd day of the year, there are 33 days left.   
      
    On this day...   
       Weather data after 1990 is PARTIAL. For more current   
       weather history, go to the National Climate Data Center   
       website at www.ncdc.noaa.gov   
       In 1921 New England was in the midst of a four day icestorm,   
               their worst of record.  Ice was more than three inches   
               thick in many places following the storm, and property   
               damage was in the millions.  Northern New England   
               received heavy snow with more than two feet in some   
               areas.  Overnight freezing rains continued through the   
               day at Worcester MA while the wind increased to a gale.   
               Streets become impassable even on foot, and whole towns   
               were plunged into darkness without communication.  The   
               storm caused 20 million dollars damage to power lines,   
               telephone lines and trees.   
       In 1960 A severe storm produced waves 20 to 40 feet high on Lake   
               Superior.  Duluth MN was buried under a foot of snow, and   
               clocked wind gusts to 73 mph.  The northern shore of Lake   
               Superior was flooded and property along the shore was   
               battered.  Thousands of cords of pulpwood were washed   
               into Lake Superior, and up to three feet of water flooded   
               the main street of Grand Marais.  Thunder accompanied the   
               "nor'easter".   
       In 1987 Low pressure in the Middle Mississippi Valley produced a   
               mixture of snow and sleet and freezing rain from the   
               Central Plains to the Upper Mississippi Valley.  Snow-   
               fall totals in Iowa ranged up to ten inches at Red Oak.   
               Totals in Nebraska ranged up to 11 inches at Shickley.   
               Freezing rain made roads treacherous in the Twin Cities   
               area of southeastern Minnesota.  Bitter cold arctic air   
               invaded the Northern High Plains Region.  Laramie WY was   
               the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 18   
               degrees below zero.   
       In 1988 Thunderstorms spawned five tornadoes in North Carolina   
               during the early morning hours.  A powerful tornado   
               ripped through one of the most densely populated areas of   
               Raleigh destroying hundreds of homes and damaging   
               thousands more.  The tornado killed four persons along   
               its 83 mile track, and injured 154 others.  Total damage   
               was estimated at more than 77 million dollars.   
       In 1989 Strong Santa Ana winds prevailed across southern   
               California.  Winds gusted to 70 mph at the Rialto   
               Airport, and several tractor-trailer trucks were   
               overturned east of Los Angeles.  High winds also buffeted   
               the northeastern U.S., ushering arctic air into the   
               region.  Winds gusted to 60 mph at Montpelier VT, and   
               reached 66 mph at Saint Albans VT.   
       In 2012 A large tornado hit Taranto, Italy.   
      
      
   --- GTMail 1.26    
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