The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-24
A rEAR or STORMS.
"eather-Sharp Fosters Discouraeine Pre-.
diction and His Reasons Therefor.

olcuon and His Reasons Therefor
Beginning with the first week in Nav Of
this year and ending with the last weel, IN
June io91 VIII constitute the greatest storm,
period since 1928. and il will be AT its
greatest force during the coming winter
me winter VIII set IN early and with its un-
uSual cola and great snow storms and bliz
zafds Will be what IS termed very hard win
Ter. These winter storms will begin in the
northern tier of States with great severity i'm
october, and an early winter, very severe all
over the continent, will follow. The force Of
inc storms Will increase very gradually, and
the May storms will not be SO marked az
those later on. We will probably have an
occasional tornado, but destructive storms
VIII not attract general attention till after
June ), when the great battle of the elements
VIII begin IN earnest and every month will
begin It's noted storms
June Is not always month Of great storms
out IL VIII be this year, and should my predic-
tons be verified as TO that month the public
VIII give more attention TO what have said as
10 the eleven months that follow it, October
ana November are the months that usually
brng the tropical hurricanes that are some
times very disastrous on the Gulf of Mexico
ana ana OCCASIONALLY do damage as far north as
tennessee and Arkansas The great hurri-
canes that visited the lower Mississippi and
the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in 1928 will
De repeated next October and November
Wherever you find an old man who followed
iiat-boating ION the Ohio and Mississippi river
IN 1898 you will find an oracle who can re-
veal much history about the hurricanes of the
lower Mississippi river at that time Portions
oil FLORIDA were greatly damaged by the hurri-
canes sixty years ago.
90 not desire TO create any unnecessary
sensation about this very great storm period
1uI no Marin can come by being prepared for
Inc very severe winter and the great Storm.
hundreds OF thousands of people who read my
weather forecasts every week Will have great
Ialth IN the predictions made in this letter. for
they know that ! am very careful and seldom
mislead them. The forecasts are not based on
any superstition or secret, but on what |
know TO be- and on what any person may
know 10 be. real physical causes
Ihe causes of this period OF great disturb
ances VIII be the equinox of Saturn in October
ana the equinox of Jupiter next January
Jupiters equinox occurred in August and
Saturn's in October 1892 and hence the great
storms Of that and the year following The
equlnoXes of these planets cause great electric
disturbances IN our solar system lust as do the
equlnoxes OF our earth in March and Septem-
ber but on a larger scale. Electricity is the
force that causes all storms, and the sun and
all the planets throw an electric force far into
space over their equators, as does the electro
dynamo, and consequently when any planet
passes It's eqmnoctlal the electric tension of
the sun and of that planet are disturbed. and
simultaneously the electric force of every
planet IN the solar system is unbalanced,
which effects the electric currents of the
earth -DollQe No,ra