Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-31
JUNE STORMS.
This is Great Storm Year.
July Predictions.
CREATION OF THE EARTH.
Electricity the Source of Vegetable and
Animal Life-Enect of Storm Years
the Crop Yield-Ausust and Sep
TENDER the Warm Months.

Special 10 the Gazette.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. May 3U-The very de-
Structive storms following May IL will sug-
gest that my predictions of very great
storms during the next fourteen months, liz
Guiding this May. We're timely and had real
foundation. But while the main features
of my forecasts have been amply verified. |
made one mistake, which | should here ad-
init. My storm wave was due to cross the
ROckY-All e@heny valley south of the
fOrtieth degree of north latitude, from May
10 to IS and become severe storm on the
Atlantic coast about the 18th. The storm
wave moved into the Mississippi valley on
the 18th and on that day, as shown by the
Washington weather maps, Il storm center
was over the Lake Of the Woods and an
other in Texas. These two storm centers
came together, doing vast damage in Texas
on the nth, and thence northeastward the
storm remaining iii the Mississippi valley
five days and spending its force there in
stead of on the Atlantic coast us predicted.
The great energy of this storm wave and its
delay in the Mississippi valley
SOMEWHAT DIsARRANGED
the storm wave of y to p causing it 10 be
about one day behind time. The immense
storm influences now gathering will prob
ably disarrange, TO Il small extent, the com
ing storm waves; but the matter of greatest
interest is the prediction that this will be
the greatest storm year since 1892 | have
never experienced the combination of storm
influences now at work, and the storm
record of 1882 is very incomplete. For these
reasons | will probably make few mis-
takes as to the details Of the weather; but
have staked my reputation as a meteorolo-
gist on this being a year of exceedingly
great storms, the greatest that have been
known in sixty years. This prediction was
published in 1890, and if it is verified it will
60 far toward establishing planetary
will do me great damage. In the last twelve
months l have certainly established the fact
that the principal storm waves cross the
continent from west to east in regular sue
ceSSiOn and in definite periods. The next
fact to be established is that the force of
these storms depends on the positions of
the moon and the planets, and [ expect that
my prediction OF very great storms in 1891
and 1892 will convince the public that the
planets do have such influences. When |
have established these two facts the way
will be open for convincing the public that
electricity is the cause of all motion the
motive power of the universe, the builder
of the worlds and the life principle of the
magnet and of the vegetable and animal
kingdoms. With these points III view I
nave carefully arranged my scientific notes
and discussions OF the beginnings Of crei-
ton and the papers that have failed to pub
lish these features of my letters will have
left out an interesting link in the chain of
arguments.
NY LAST LETTER
gave forecasts of the storm waves due 10
cross the continent from May % to 81 and
June l 10 s. The next viii be due to leave
the Pacific coast about the 18th, cross the
Rocky-Allegheny valley from the Sth to the
10th and reach the Atlantic coast about the
18th. This storm wave belongs to period |
of very dangerous storms that includes all
nj fT.OrI
the Sth to the 23d. OF the three principal |
storm waves l am not able to determine |
ut this time which will prove to be the |
most disastrous; but may be able to give |
more definite information in my next let |
ter l feel very sure, however, that this |
storm wave of the 9TH to the 18th will be of |
unusual force, and, with the two that will |
follow, It will constitute notable period of |
destructive storms, not only in the United |
States, but all around the earth. There |
will be a number of these storm periods |
during the year, some of which will spend |
their principal force in the United States, |
while others will have greatest energy in |
other countries.
READERS SHOULD REMEMBER
that the greater the force in storm wave |
the less extent of country it will cover. and |
there is not one chance in 4 hundred for a !
storm to strike any given locality. But the
destruction of lives and property and the |
SICdt OdLiidSC " NY great nan SIOIuis,
cloud bursts, excessive rains, tornadoes and
hurricanes, such as are expected during the
year, are of very great interest to the pub
lie. These June storms are not expected to
De the greatest that will occur during the
year; but they are of sufficient Importance
for me to call special attention to them and
warn every person to be on the alert about
the time these storm waves are due to cross
the continent.
l expect June and July to average cool,
but they will have few short periods of
excessively hot weather. The hottest peri
DDS will not be far from June l and p, July !
and "a August and September will be
the hot months of the year, and the local
lrouths will have their principal effect in
August. October, November and Decem-
Der will average very cool and the greatest
storms of the year will occur in these
months.
My predictions that the weather for MAY
would be favorable TO growing crops has
been verified, although the alar1nists and
SPECTATORS at one time declared that the
,rops were well nigh ruined by the drouth
Hail has ruined crops in q few places. but
his does not materially affect the general
good prospects. Great storm years are
usually good crop years, although the crops
If comparatively few may be destroyed
W. T. FOSTER.