At about 8:30 P.M. (EDT):
Posted on 06/08/2005 9:20:03 PM PDT by raygun
On this day in:
1943: A strong tornado killed 2 ~12mi NE of Hemingford, NE. Farm machinery was "twisted like pretzels"; an heavy cast iron cookstove was found 440yds away. 1 of the victims was discovered holding a telephone in a death grip. The last words on the phone were, "a cyclone's coming."
1953 (9th): a tornado that rampaged through Worcester, MA killed 90.
1966: Hurricane Alma made landfall near Alligator Point that PM with sustained winds of 90mph. This was the second earliest hurricane on record to cross FL's coastline.
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Wow! That storm from 1936 would be freaky. I wonder if an event like that has happened since? Cool post!
At about 8:30 P.M. (EDT):
Now. Is it just me? Or are intersecting outflow boundaries just too cool for words, huh? See, I knew you guys would be impressed.
The "Yellow Day" that came to New England and New York State on September 6, 1881, has been ascribed, like many other such phenomena - to a prairie fire or forest fire in the Far West, it's smoke at high altitude being concentrated by local atmospheric eddies. Be that as it may, there were no fires that day, and no fires have been associated with the Yellow Day.
According to the Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily Republican, the day began with a heavy ground fog before sunrise; "as the sun rose invisibly behind, the vapours became a thick, brassy canopy, through which a strange yellow light pervaded the air." Natural colors were distorted, yellow flowers appearing gray and the grass a bluish color. Gas and electric lights were turned on throughout the city, although both seemed to emit an unnatural light themselves. "There was a singular luminousness on every fence and roof - ridge, and the trees seemed ready to fly into fire." The strange light deepened and brightened until it finally began to pass in midafternoon. Even then, the sun looked like a rouge-colored ball surrounded by yellow clouds. The temperature throughout the day was very close and oppresive, and the physical effect was one of heaviness and depression.
Nature, 24:540, October 6, 1881
http://www.subversiveelement.com/YellowDay.html
(I make no claims as to the website, but this is the exact article I read in a book)
A freakish blast of heat swept over the towns of Figueira da Foz and Coimbra, Portugal, on July 6, 1949. It lasted only 2 minutes, but a naval officer at Figueira da Foz reported that the temperature shot up from 100F (37.8C) to 158F (70C) within that time. Many barnyard fowl were killed, and the Mondego River was reported to have dried up in several places. (Vincent Gaddis, Mysterious Fires and Lights, p.74)
Up until the Superoutbreak, this was the most expensive tornado in terms of damage. In Massachusetts - who would have thought!
Amd don't forget the 119 deaths in Flint the day before.
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