Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-12
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the Canadian press that Great storm would occur In
March next that would hrst be felt in he Northern
p9cinc, would appear IA the Gun OF Mgdco on re
Wsnntairso yo1id cross ibis "riii,p fIor Tho Wy
at noon Of sunday, March H. 1855
No vessel whatever her dimgnsons, will be safe
1u q, @ 1 o 81 npv a of iis gn p' m
the wind will blow from the southeast the planetary
i9I's VIII uc suglenl TO- s9nH,ree ine LOW mnds oi
duff OF Mexicoaud washed by the Guf stream. while
the air currents for several hundred miles along the
east sat oi Inc ROCKY Mountain rance OWING to ne
ssprSad ppiyars,l drstrn"lion. Una Nav Fpolapd
States will also suffer severely from the wind aud
foods. no point outside Of hlrbor IN the whole area
NE racc of for ibis Nth NE rrcc5incrily tbo
the greatest storm that has visited bs continent since
the days Of your illusiu9us irst President ,,
ery Of rcnrcsnti,, t y"r r,c
OF ordering all United states ships into safe harbors
not later than the 5th Of March I'LL this storm uepas
nave 'ig n sr 20 ,,t5 ,,,5 I'm ,s,u,,o,..
IulS Iet'er' WHICH mas useh WlueIy dI7sehi
luaVeu oy Tue press Oh tue country, might won
IeUclNo nv Till-l'' Io'loo ous lOr tue tay' 'Iu'
many P,UPlci WIZ nuN . ho l"cII'Ie' lor jug
Jug U, 'ne N"lue vi Eucu pi,u'c''oH, are ul7
posed TO B'Ee II GreGeuce; Iusro are aI""ys
sDuu ~ 90 iounu , Wuo wiz puI commence III
a.
10 iore'eIi lututc events ana II requires only
Doiuness III II making prSulctloh ana atone OF
Hu'uoll'y III ueI'NSr'ng tuo luessage 10 eu"oie
UC P,Ol'uu' 70 B'lu I's'cm'rs' ny uuuioer
VI wv V'7' nV"O''i, WI" 9u'eiJ uIiilIui9u III
PiUPoi 'ou 40 ,Ho P'vP,e arc in''l uo'eu III INV
Ia'lac''s "IlCu uuuVI'Io tuese Prgu!c''ous'
Ia tue eAauipio uuoIueu oy Mr hlBB'us
le'',r inc Iouo"lnB may DC pointed out;
/. No storm track has over been observed
which moved IN the path indicated by the
words 'hrst be telt IN the Northern Pacific,
would appear IN the Guli OF Mexico on the
night OF the Jlh, aud-belng reflected by the
Rocky Mountains-would cross this meridian
OTTAWA from the west at noon OF Sunday,
March II, 1858. The Rocky Mountains do
not possess the power of "roilocting' u storm
though they may modify its course, and it is
difficult to understand how storm can pro
coed from the Pacific to Canada via the Gulf
OF Mexico and suffer any reflection whatever
from the ROCKY Mountains. There are two
distinct classes OF storms which traverse this
country IN 'ne northwest iSome OF whlch can
oe 'raceu rom 'he racine across the noun
Jams anu more eastefly or Southeasteriy 70
tuo N''ni'lit, anu ,ne o'u'r "h,cn enters Tue
COUNTY III 'uo Huii states ana more hor'h-
."''-ilJ NV"8 we S't'' L. sOiI''Hl'-'
tnouBI rarely happens tnat Two storms one
Vi '"cu cla99' u"'te III 'h'H course, "uicn
may B'le 7"BuI sem ulaucG OF truth 10 AuCI
uGscI Us 'uat gwen ABOVE, OUT II snouiu
oe ula''uG'iS not'u 'hAI 'ne "oru' luo'ed VIII
no' H'uu" u cr.u ~ 'Nlulln''l9H' M sum-
may oT sa'u Vi Tue sentence "h'ch al'uue7 10
lu' planetary IOtCs causing u Huoui'r''oh
U. 10" InuuS' ana 'he AR currents on 'ie cas-,
VI .ue hochy MouIt'lhS spreading universal
ueS'ruetlon' ohou'u severe storm hteh
cross the county III an etftrly direction
l'oili III. hCyhy Mo"u'alu9' 9'rohB A"utueas'
"iuu9 WIN DO" to"H'ua Tue STORM centre III
eu,"ncv VI II anu 5'IonB not,h" 'el WihuS VIII
lo"o" H. "cvoIuIuB 10 IL N'H-e''Hu"sueu Ia"
OF rotalIon OF the WINDS ~ the vicinity OF an
%''H " ~" barometer LUIS Is All 'hhI can
, Ty T"'nIu' III 'ue sentence "uuer u'scussiou'
u n'r' Is no great n'uloa puerto pressure III
tne region Vi ILe h''hE Nouh'alh7' except
'u"V "u area ol n'Bu pressure may ten PorarHy
PreNa" mere ana Tue words planetary
lorSe pv'onG 10 the vocabulary Oh aS'roIogy
anu nltu'''"' superstition upon "hlch mod
c'n science CANNOT DC 100 severe
>. 1t Is absolutely impossible to predict a
storm for more than few days in advance.
Inc information cannot be too widely dlstrib-
uted that no one can fore ell even the general
character OF coming season much less the
occurrence OF particular storm IN That sea-
son. II Is possible that the advance OF our
knowledge may at some time enable US to
predict the weather for many days in advance,
but TINS is not possible at the present time.
Meteoroiogy is yet in its infancy, and no one
Is !el aIle 10 anticipate the occurrence OF
e ns'eoroloB'cal phenomenon LOT more thah
rev rev uayS' "eeh At Tue most II any one
WIN t"he Tue ,rouoie 10 verify the weather
preuIGtlohS %nlGh IN these days are so ire
Iuen'iS ilauo oy InG actual weather eNpe-
u,
are iuinleu nnI nan IAN "heh given pre-
utc'Ioh Is iulnIieu II Is oiteh maze mater
vi marked comment "hllo inc uhtuihlmeht
ol similar promotion IT,, at another Time Is pass
GU o'el III hl'Incc' Inc impression tnere-
ioIe, Pte'u"s tna' reii"uce can ne pIaceu up
on 'ie IorcoasllnB9 vi "ea'ner prophets Out
tul9 III 'ess'oH WIN NC removed oy any one
WIZ WI! give a''tnHoh 10 tue SUBJECT a Sc
iies VI aIHPle Buvsees' oaaeu upon no reason
Jug Whatever VIII come true IN the long run
a9 many 'iilGa ~ 'HeS WIN ia''. On'll' men,
w ,I' preGlc''ouS are 'uIhIlsu more times
'n"n tney Ia''' 'hey must De regarded as
Ciu|AIeht 10 SuesS,s ahu as having no value
Whatever All preulctlohs oil the weather to
og expected month or more IN advance,
"netuer oaSeu upon 'he poSltloh OF the plan.
els OF o. tue mooh' or upon the number OF
sun sPots' or upon any supposed law OF
PtrlVulclly o' natural Phenomena or upon
any nyPo'heS's Whatever "hlch To-Day mas Its
nu'oc''e'' are rs uhreHaoie as preilctlons OF
tue tune "hen the ehd oil the world Will
come
There Is difficulty in refuting the asser-
tons of those who pretend to foretel the
weather since their predictions frequently re-
late to occurrences which are almost sure to
prove IN part as forttold. Thus the predic-
ton OF early snow in the northwest in August
or September is very safe one to make, if
one claims the right to test it by the weather
reported at any one town in the Northwestern
states or territories or adjacent British terri
tory. similarly the prediction OF storm In
March Is quite certain to be fulfilled. Dur
ing the past ten years the number of storms
which prevailed in this country in March has
averaged twelve varying from ten in 1881 and
lSe2 to eighteen in 1879. Some of these
have been very severe, and it rarely happens
that the month Of March passes in any year
without The occauono- OF ole or more storms
accompanied by high winds upon the Allan
tic coast. Undoubtedly in March, 1883,
there Will be storms of some severity, and
some persons will be found who will notice
the storm which comes nearest to March II
and claim that MIR. WiggIns's prediction was
verified, only that 1t was day late, or a day
early, or was not quite as severe as anticipat-
cd, or moved IN slightly different path, or
IN some other way different in detail from
that described, but that it was sufficiently
near to entltle the author to high rank as a
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