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

 Today is Sunday  December 9, 2012.
 This is the 344th day of the year, there are 22 days left.

 On this day...
    In 1786 A second great snowstorm in just five days brought
            another 15 inches of snow to Morristown NJ, on top of the
            8 inches which fell on the 7th and 8th, and the 18 inches
            which fell on the 4th and 5th.  The total snowfall for
            the week was thus 41 inches.  New Haven CT received 17
            inches of new snow in the storm.  Up to four feet of
            snow covered the ground in eastern Massachusetts
            following the storms.  (9th-10th)
    In 1917 A severe winter storm struck the Ohio Valley and the
            Great Lakes Region.  It produced 25 inches of snow
            and wind gusts to 78 mph at Buffalo NY.  The storm
            produced 26 inches of snow at Vevay IN, with drifts
            fourteen feet high.  By the 16th of the month people
            could walk across the frozen Ohio River from Vavey into
            Kentucky.  (8th-9th)
    In 1987 The fifth storm in nine days kept the northwestern U.S.
            wet and windy.  Winds along the coast of Washington
            gusted to 75 mph at Oceans Shores and at Hoquiam, and the
            northern and central coastal mountains of Oregon were
            drenched with three inches of rain in ten hours, flooding
            some rivers.  Snowfall totals in the Cascade Mountains of
            Washington State ranged up to 36 inches in the Methow
            Valley.  High winds in Oregon blew a tree onto a moving
            automobile killing three persons and injuring two others
            at Mill City.
    In 1988 A winter storm blanketed the Southern and Central
            Appalachians with up to ten inches of snow.  Arctic air
            invaded the north central U.S. bringing subzero cold to
            Minnesota and North Dakota.
    In 1989 A strong storm produced wind gusts of 40 to 65 mph from
            the Alaska Peninsula to the North Gulf Coast of Alaska.
            Southeasterly winds gusted to 75 mph in the Anchorage
            hillside.  Gusty winds associated with a strong cold
            front caused a power outage across much of the island of
            Hawaii.
    In 2003 A Gale Center in the far Eastern Atlantic Ocean acquired
            tropical characteristics, becoming Tropical Storm Peter,
            the 16th named storm of the 2003 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
            The storm briefly became a hurricane, according to satellite
            estimates...but merged with a cold front and became
            extratropical within a short time. (9th-10th)


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