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Weather Guide Calendar

Posted on 06/20/2005 9:18:51 PM PDT by raygun

On this day in:


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Unclassified; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: wx1791; wx1993; wx1996; wxevents; wxfacts; wxfred; wxhistory; wxmystery; wxphenomenon; wxstuff
1791: through 22nd, a hurricane (El Temporal de Barreto) generated a huge wave that carried off the coffin of a rich but hated count as he lay in state in his mansion near Havana, Cuba. Neither the coffin, nor the body were seen again.

1993: lighting hit the CB antennae on a motor home as it was traveling down I-15 S of Beaver , UT, causing the driver's side front tire to catch fire, blowing out the other tires, and damaging the vehicle's auxilary gnerator. Although the lone occupant was unhurt, the CB antennae did melt as a result of the strike.

1996: Wonder if they could taste it. Strong NW gradient winds to 60 mph picked up clouds of dust/salt from the salt flats/deserts near UT's Great Salt Lake and the NW deserts of the state. Truckers reported reduced visibilities along I-80 due to blowing salt.

2005: Summer began at 2:45 A.M. EDT.

1 posted on 06/20/2005 9:18:51 PM PDT by raygun
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ping


2 posted on 06/20/2005 9:19:11 PM PDT by raygun
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To: raygun; All
Tornado Tuesday Pic

FWIW this pic was reduced by about 2/3rds !!!

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

3 posted on 06/20/2005 9:22:22 PM PDT by alfa6 (Two wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane!)
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To: raygun

Historical factoid: While working on the Empire State Building, construction workers sometimes reported getting struck by seeds from grain that was carried on the wind from the Midwest.


4 posted on 06/20/2005 9:23:01 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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To: alfa6

Yep--that's a tornado all right! And, it's also a darn good photo! Did you take it?


5 posted on 06/20/2005 9:25:47 PM PDT by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: alfa6
FWIW this pic was reduced by about 2/3rds !!!

Did that lower the severity of the tornado?

6 posted on 06/20/2005 9:47:45 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: raygun

Tonight is the equinox. I don't know exactly when the equinox happens, but the city stays up all night tonight. There would be 30,000 people downtown with all kinds of touristy activities and there is a baseball game, minor league, played at midnight--no lights. The days begin getting shorter.


7 posted on 06/20/2005 9:57:24 PM PDT by RightWhale (withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
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To: RightWhale

Solstice


8 posted on 06/21/2005 2:01:27 AM PDT by StACase
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To: Mind-numbed Robot; basil
Did that lower the severity of the tornado?

No I did not take it, alfa6 has more sense than to chase after whirling dervishes :-)

basil, some one posted about a dozen or so weather picks to the misc. binaries newsgroup a while back and I thought they were pretty cool so I saved them.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

9 posted on 06/21/2005 4:35:07 AM PDT by alfa6 (Two wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane!)
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To: StACase

Tnx. I don't keep in close enough touch with my wicca friends. Getting rusty on their nomenclature.


10 posted on 06/21/2005 1:20:15 PM PDT by RightWhale (withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
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