TODAY  Version 3.7   06/24/94       Copyright 1986, 1994  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Monday  August 20, 2012.
 This is the 233rd day of the year, there are 133 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1886 The town of Indianola TX was completely destroyed by a
            hurricane, and never rebuilt.
    In 1910 The "big blow up" of forest fires finally came to an end
            in Idaho.  A record dry August fueled 1736 fires which
            burned three million acres destroying six billion board
            feet of timber.  The fires claimed the lives of 85
            persons, 78 of which were fire fighters, and consumed the
            entire town of Wallace.  The smoke spread a third of the
            way around the world producing some dark days in the U.S.
            and Canada.  The forest fires prompted federal fire
            protection laws.
    In 1987 Half a dozen cities in the Central Plains Region reported
            record high temperatures for the date, including Pueblo
            CO with a reading of 102 degrees, and Goodland KS with a
            high of 104 degrees.  Hill City KS reached 106 degrees.
    In 1988 Sheridan WY reported a record hot temperature reading of
            100 degrees.  Evening thunderstorms produced golf ball
            size hail near Fortuna ND, and wind gusts to 70 mph near
            Webster SD.
    In 1989 Early morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in
            southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma, with up to
            six inches reported around Tulsa OK.  Some roads in the
            Tulsa area were closed by water 10 to 12 feet deep.
            Evening thunderstorms produced severe weather in northern
            Oklahoma and southern Kansas.  Thunderstorms produced
            winds gusts to 75 mph in Major County OK, and hail two
            inches in diameter at Jennings KS.
    In 1991 In South Dakota, a 3 AM electrical storm was so bright,
            a civil defense director was able to drive 10 minutes
            without his headlights.


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