Re: TB: Titan's Glory
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- Subject: Re: TB: Titan's Glory
- From: M* T* <t*@flash.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 19:01:11 -0600 (MDT)
Walter A. Moores wrote:
>
> > due to the second screwiest Texas weather in recorded history!)
> >
> > Rusty
> >
> Rusty, I lived in Texas for 48 years and am curious about the
> 'first screwiest Texas weather,' since 1997 was the 'second.'
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
It occured in a small town; Lake Whitney. It is documented in the
book, TEXAS WEATHER by Dub Bolus. WHat happened was, storms had been
building up around FW, where I live, then at about 10pm,
disappeared. (I am NOT making this up!) Then, "Shortly after
midnight, June 15, 1960," HOT winds with speeds of 100 mph hit the
town, and the temp rose from 70 to 140! All the farmers' crops withered
instantly, and homes were damaged. People there thought the world was
coming to an end, and began panicking. No one knows for sure what the
temp was, but a thermometer, (this is where it gets a little vague...)
jumped from 70 to 100 in minutes, the highest being 140, and the next
day was reading low. If it really did get that hot, then the highest
temp ever on earth was here in TEXAS! The book makes an attempt to
explain it. It also says that the ONLY RECORD of this storm is file
footage at a Fort Worth TV station. (it doesn't say which one.)
More than you wanted to know?
Rusty
