![]() October 31, 1846 Eighty-seven pioneers were trapped by early snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains that piled five feet deep, with 30 to 40 foot drifts. Just 47 persons survived the "Donner Pass Tragedy". (The Weather Channel) October 31, 1932 Severe thunderstorms struck southeast Georgia. In Grady County, a 100 yard wide tornado struck and killed 2 people. An additional 28 people were injured. (NWS Atlanta) October 31, 1950 Unseasonably warm weather prevailed in the central U.S. for Halloween. The temperature soared to 83 degrees at Minneapolis MN, their warmest reading of record for so late in the season. (The Weather Channel) October 31, 1965 Fort Lauderdale, FL, was deluged with 13.81 inches of rain, which brought their rainfall total for the month of October to an all-time record of 42.43 inches. (30th-31st) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) October 31, 1987 Halloween was a wet one in the southwestern U.S. Heavy rain in southern California resulted in numerous mudslides. Weather-related auto accidents resulted in three deaths and twenty-five injuries. Mount Wilson CA received 3.14 inches of rain in 24 hours. Yakima WA reported measurable rainfall for the first time since the 18th of July. The 103 day long dry spell was their longest of record. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) October 31, 1988 Twenty-two cities in the northeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. The low of 19 degrees at Cleveland OH was a record for October, and morning lows of 21 degrees at Allentown PA and Bridgeport CT tied October records. Nine cities in the southwestern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date, including Phoenix AZ with a reading of 96 degrees. Showers made Halloween a soggy one in the southeastern U.S. (The National Weather Summary) October 31, 1989 Halloween night was a soggy one in New England. Showers in the northeastern U.S. produced more than an inch and a half of rain in six hours at some locations. An invasion of cold arctic air brought an abrupt end to a week of "Indian Summer" type weather in the Great Lakes Region, and brought snow and subzero wind chill readings to the Northern Plains. In Colorado, Alamosa was the cold spot in the nation with a record low of two degrees above zero, and a Halloween night storm brought 3 to 6 inches of snow to the Front Range, and 5 to 10 inches to the nearby foothills. Icy streets around Denver the next morning made for a rather spooky commute. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Data courtesy of WeatherForYou TODAY'S WEATHER SUMMARY5:00 AM TEMPS, DEW POINTS, and WIND CHILL Click to enlarge any image TODAY'S FORECAST TEMPERATURESTEMPERATURE ANOMALIES WINDPRECIPITATION
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2/1/2019 11:57:48 pm
From now on, I am going to stop counting the hours and the days I spent on anything. Everyday I felt as if I am being controlled by time. I felt too late for everything. It seems I set my standards way to high on how fast as I supposed to be doing things. When will I ever learn? I wasted so much time worrying about how to make up with all the unfinished tasks I am supposed to be doing when I am not even supposed to be wrapping up things that aren't meant to be finished all at once. It can be really frustrating. I guess I really should not mind the dates.
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2/17/2019 09:37:06 am
I think the weather is really going crazy lately. The more we try to ignore it, the stronger it gets. I guess we all need to extend our hands and help. We need to work hand in hand to create a better future for ourselves and the next generation. If it's up to us then we would have had more control of the weather. I heard that it is now being controlled for warfare but I don't think that is the case entirely. There maybe something bigger here that all of us just refuse to see and accept. We need to acknowledge the presence of the problem before we can start working to improve.
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