National Republican., 1882-09-27
EauiNooTIAL STORMS.
some Interesting Facts About Tiiem-How
the weather ARcoted This city.

EHctN AuuuN
thc Weather Affected This City.
In view Of the great and widespread destruction
to life and property that has marked the present
visitation of the usual angry aud prolonged peri
odic equinootal storms a few lines explanatory OF
them will not be NAL. .dpropos and certainly at this
iunciuto notlacking in interest and possible value
Benjamin Franklin frat discovered that all storms,
tSSsP owsP pGo I6e bos DSo Sms Of
westerly winds are feature of the eeptember
equinox. These perennial currents carry moisture
westward from the Atlantic In
FLEEcY AND INNOCENT. LOOKING CLOUDS
os beautiful as the graceful white drnpery Of
fashionable summer belle, or in black, frowning
they are caught in their sSt BY The Crsss and
peaks OF the towering mountain chains OF south
America where they. condense and are precipl-
tnted down the grandest slopes and through the
most extensive forests into the longest river In the
world. The united tidal action of the sun and
equinoctlai disturbances, and they are modifol
md varied, according TO the respective natures OF
the regions over WHICH they pass. II the regent cent
Jersey, North Carolina, and elsewhere the many
streams that suddenly grew too big for their beds
overtlowed toward the North Pole, unless de-
flected, as In certain instances, by mountain
ranges
THEIR NATURAL CURRENTS RAN NORTH.
An ordinary storm, simply explained, is occa-
stoned, principally by sudden change in tenn
peraiure. Air is dense in proportion TO the heat
or cold existing at the time. III winter square
foot of 1t will weigh much more than it viii in
summer, hence In summer 1t IL rarer and less In
yigordting than in winte". tits exactly like water
or any other liquid in its tendency to seek an
equilibrium and, If in one place IL should be
entirely removed, the other air oil around the
vacant spot will rush IN aud refill it, So 1t Is ii
the air II or parSgOr Place from
air will at once rush in and battle to establish an
equality Of density everywhere. This, Of course,
SETS AIR ~ NOTION,
and mir in motion is wind. When air at tho sur
n IL p,lllpH n hplOw q
point. we have fcg and the clouds seen over
head arc nothing more nor less than the aqueous
vapor in the atmosphere cooled little below that
poiut. In other words. clonds are aerial fOgs
tossed by the winds that sufficiently cooled them
OF the Chief Signal Office, oil g, near Seventeenth
street. are beautiful representations of the differ.
ent kinds of clouds seen from day to day, and all
the scientific instrumensin operation that record.
of the wind, the weight and moisture of the air,
the number of inches of RAINFALL and everything
else pertaining to the weather.. There in his
cosy room the devotee of science has but TO glance
UP to the ceiling to know in what direction and
how many miles an hour he would travel,
IFuP IN BALLOON
or which way he could wing his fight with the
least opposition from adverse winds If the happy
pJssessOr of n successful flying machine. In Wash
ington during the last few days the life of n re-
severe one. When other people were snugly
gathered round their fresides the wielders of the
Fabers were slushing through rain, oftentimes wet
TO the skin, in their long and ardent chases after
items. Although the rainfall has been extruordi-
narly heavy no severe damages have been re-
ported, which speaks well for the sewerage system
of the city. Some OF the low.lying portions were
slightly flooded, and fears of freshet were enter.
tanned, but 1t is believed that the worst part of
the storm is now over, and waterproofs can once
more be hung up to dry.