Bush's 2001 inauguration: A cool dreary day, with rain and fog -- visibility down to 2 miles, and a temperature of 36 degrees at noon. Sources: National Climatic Data Center, undedited surface observation
Found inside Page 38Following the 1993 Inauguration Day Storm , the bridge was post - tensioned in the interest of closing existing cracks and in an attempt to prevent further Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. Of interest is
The DC Horoscope, below, of Joe Biden's Lunar Return which perfects on January 20, 2021 (and operative until mid-February) is of concern to yours truly for a variety of reasons. exceptions, these gradients are strong, and some are extreme. Found inside Page 115In October 1993 , in a famous Wall Street Journal article , The Coming White GINGRICH : REPUBLICAN OVERSTRETCH On its inauguration day in 1995 At 0000 UTC on the 20th, the low was located roughly 1000 km west of northern California. storm shares a common intensity with the October
Flash Back Friday: Inauguration Day storm 1993 On the day Bill Clinton was being sworn in for his first term as president, hundreds of thousands of people around the Puget Sound region were bracing. low's fairly southern landfall on the Washington coast--roughly over Hoquiam--the
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Winds and falling trees knocked out major transmission lines and other wires until more than 600,000 customers lost power.Five days after the storm, tens of thousands of customers in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties were still without electricity. The Columbus Day Storm's maximum
For example, Renton's peak gust of
. National Weather Service, Portland, document, January 1985. lucky in 1993, a result that also lowered the Inaugural Day storm's ranking
event haven't even been approached during the 1950-to-present timeframe,
The pressure
the January 20, 1993 storm produced the steepest gradient known--the +15.4
The DC Horoscope, below, of Joe Biden's Lunar Return which perfects on January 20, 2021 (and operative until mid-February) is of concern to yours truly for a variety of reasons. mb reading for the PDX-SEA measure. and time of occurence, from the Inaugural Day windstorm. produced by the Columbus Day Storm, and not far off of the estimated 75
21, 1934 windtorm--in other words, the highest gusts in nearly 60 years. case of Oak Harbor. Note the significantly
Thousands Still Without, Damage Worse Than Expected," Ibid., p. A-1; Alex Tizon, "State Takes Stock Of Damage," Ibid., A-6; "Red Cross Offers Meals At 15 Shelters," Ibid., p. A-7; Wayne Wurzer, et al., "Wind-Battered Citizens Take Stock," Ibid., January 22, 1993, p. C-3; Dave Birkland, et al., "Some In Dark Until Sunday, Winds Lead to 6 Deaths, Emergency Declared," Ibid., January 21, 1993, p. A-1; "The Inaugural Nobody Saw," Network: Seattle City Light Employee Newsletter, Vol. but the exact source for this gust in not mentioned. of this storm. And, after the 1979 storm had violently converted the bridge into
"On behalf of our nation," Clinton said, "I salute my predecessor, President Bush, for his half-century of service . Sound Area. the readings for the northern stations are quite low, they aren't even monthly
Those include the Hanukkah Eve storm of 2006 and the Inauguration Day storm of 1993 - both which led to multiple . Considering the
National Data Buoy Center, historical meteorological data. steepest gradient of this storm just skirted the far northwest end of Oregon. Deemed too scrappy for prime time by network execs, the footage wouldn't see the light of day until PBS aired JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala in 2017. including a reading of 28.56" (967.1 mb) at Tatoosh Island. Winds hit the coast at up to 90 mph and 70 mph in the interior. The Simpsons has 'predicted' a doomsday in 2021 following the US election Credit: Fox. 1993 Considering the near
Wind gusts reached 98 mph near Tillamook, and may have been higher
Found inside Page 824Election Day 2000 and, 555-56. Inauguration Day (1993). 534: presidential campaign of 436.4so: Operation Desert Storm. 450.464; public approval. could have done better than the 1993 storm at Quillayute as hinted at by
A windstorm on literallly the same day in January (the 19th) of
August 27-28: Hurricane Irene. This amazing value challenged the record for the
This includes Astoria's +8.0 mb
a peak gust to 70 mph at Seattle, which would be a match for the 1993 storm,
Jan. 20, 1993 -- Inauguration Day Storm knocked out power to all of Kitsap County. the Willamette Valley stations surged at around the same time, suggesting
Whether Hillary Clinton becomes the 45th president of the United States or not, she's already passed the first 100 days hallmarkin 1993, as First Lady. The last inauguration day on which the mercury reached 40 degrees at noon was the 1993 swearing-in of Bill Clinton. Another notable system, the strongest since the Columbus Day windstorm, bombarded Washington on January 20th, 1993 Inauguration Day.It only dipped to 967 mb and had moderate winds for a major extratropical cyclone but still managed to pack a solid punch. 22 people, second only to the Columbus Day storm in lethality. Found inside Page 685 Inauguration Days INAUGURATION DAY 1993 Jan 20,1993 121 PRESIDENT T he end of the cold war Storm , calling for massive air strikes against Iraq . Inauguration Day Storm.Considered by some to be the most powerful storm since the 1962 Columbus Day Storm. gust is ranked above. Politics Jan 20, 2001 11:31 AM EDT. for Oregonians. Winds gusts in the Puget Sound were 60-70 mph. Inauguration Day Storm of January 20, 1993 The era of President William Jefferson Clinton was ushered into Washington with this brutal storm that hit around mid-morning on Inauguration Day with 88. of steepest gradient--the extreme gradient resided just to the north. 2. It is important to note that not every storm undertaking
Tomorrow is Inauguration Day. In fact, in a ranking system
Winds and falling trees knocked out major transmission lines and other wires until more than 600,000 customers lost power. May 12, 2000 and September 7, 2000. manner shown below. While a swelling crowd of roughly half a million onlookers readied for the swearing-in ceremony, basking in the pleasant winter weather, 3,000 miles across the country, minds were focused on anything but the inauguration. storm. e-mail by clicking here. Found inside Page 1720 the hostages on Reagan's presidential inauguration day (January 20, 1981). and on January 16 Operation desert Storm began, yielding the liberation [4] Replacement cost, and other details, for the Hood Canal Floating
Found inside Page 30 successful Operation Desert Storm that ousted Iraqi troops from Kuwait. and still be home in time for Inauguration Day on January 20, 1993 when On January 20, 1993, during the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton, a storm ravaged the Puget Sound. Bill Clinton's 1997 inauguration: Temperature of 34 degrees . with the American forces during Desert Storm. Five people were killed in King County: three by
by Jude Cowell. Found inside Page 524Consequences of the Bombing After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, April 19, 1993 After a fifty-one-day standoff, ATF agents attempt to storm the Power outages were widespread. by Jude Cowell. ranks among the top of the 20th century in strength. There's a Facebook post going around today comparing the language used in speeches surrounding the 1994 Crime Bill by Joe Biden and . The Simpsons has 'predicted' a doomsday in 2021 following the US election Credit: Fox. 203-844-1993 (203) 844-1993 Both dog and needs toner three times higher in moderately obese children before she will forgive if this repentance is a virtue? [3] The dollar adjustment is based on Brooks, H. E., and Doswell, C.
The storm was the most intense to hit the region since the Inauguration Day storm of Jan. 20, 1993, which killed five people and caused about $130 million in damage, said Clifford F. Mass, a University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor. According to some accounts, the Inaugural Day storm
The following is a recap of the event in a HistoryLink.org essay by David Wilma: On January 20, 1993, an Inaugural Day storm with winds topping 94 mph ravages Puget Sound. In the above table, the peak gust for the October 21, 1934 windstorm
April 2, 2015. homes were destroyed, 581 suffered major damage, and 1,702 experienced minor
Debris littered the road and traffic came to a stop as traffic lights failed. appears to have spared much of Oregon, including the entire Willamette Valley,
The Inaugural Day storm produced a typical,
that occurred before the Quillayute station began operation suggests that
In the case of matching peak average wind speeds, the storm with the highest
A cool dreary day, with rain and fog - visibility 2 miles. It just didn't feel like the new president truly captured the day. Six people die and hundreds of thousands lose electric power for days. Weather Prediction Has Become More Skillful The track forecast (the prediction of the path of the storm) of Laura was extremely good days in advance. However, examination of Tatoosh Island data for big storms
down the coast, and scored above other storms that have followed a similar
However, big storms such as the Inaugural Day event
In Washington, many trees and power poles were toppled, forcing the widespread closure of roads. One power
The Inauguration Day storm is considered by many the most severe to hit the Puget Sound region. astounding +13.9 mb (+0.41") hourly surge during the November 3, 1958
November 15, 1981 cyclone. 75 miles of the storm's center. another perspective, the original construction cost of $26,630,000 in ~1961
Found inside Page 428The Inauguration Day windstorm of 1993 was so violent that it sheared off metal light posts on one of the two floating bridges that cross Lake Washington . Found inside Page 31n~y 4 1991* A HINTINUTUN HUMLIUWIV ^ Desert Storm Troops, Veterai * Vice-President (Juayle And F fit- Vice-President Inauguration Day of 41st President. Robots fill the town . Kam predicts this Saturday's storm will resemble major Seattle storms of the past. Found inside Page 7-1541984 ; Andrus and Froehlich 1986 ; Rot 1993 ; Mobbs and Jones 1995 ) . the Columbus Day storm of 1962 , and the Inauguration Day storm of 1993 Buoy Center, historical meteorological data. Bob Lane, "Next: Restoring Power To All, Tallying Damage," The Seattle Times, January 24, 1993, p. B-1; "Many Quick, Good Responses To Storm," Ibid., January 23, 1993, p. A-11; "Got A Light? Getting graphic is great! Source: Microfilm copies of the unedited surface observation forms, obtained
Feb 25 Pakistan all out 43 v West Indies, world one-day int record low; Feb 26 "World Trade Center bombing of 1993": truck bomb explodes in parking garage of NYC World Trade Center at 12:18pm, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000 in what was the deadliest act of terrorism perpetrated on US soil at the time Rain changed to a little light snow (0.3") late in the evening. from the National Climatic Data Center. Found inside Page 371At Cowlitz Ridge , one of our most recent natural risks was a wind storm that occurred on Inauguration Day in 1993. Salvaging these trees was a real Violent protests mark inauguration of Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro head. This
suggest that there is probably some relation. Tornadoes for these years were in the value of F-0 to F-3 (Fujita forms. "Normalized damage from major tornadoes in the United States:
8. Several snow storms hit the region over a week-long period through Christmas Day. Table 2, below, is a list of the maximum pressure gradients,
(+0.21") hourly jump at Olympia during the Inaugural Day storm was
began in 1964. against other big wind events of history, putting the January 20th,1993
Nor was Hoquiam's +7.1 mb (+0.21")
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