Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-14
STORM WAVES GALORE |
One After Another They Howl
Across the Country.
JUNE WILL Be UNUSUALLY CLOUDY
Tsrnadoss aud CoasiderAbis kainfaa
Will Accompany Ihem-Jaas storms
al My 40 Those of the Next Year
finiey on IoTnAdees.

last letter gave forecasts OF the storm
wave due u cross the continent from
the 18th 10 the 18th which then gave
promise OF being the most destructive
storm of the month. The next Will be
due TO leave the Pacific coast about the
18th. cross the Rocky-AlleghenyV Valley
from the 10th TO the 2ist aud reach the
Atlantic coast about the ed. | cannot
say whist this storm will amount TO.
except that II belongs 10 period OF
great storms and It's force will depend
on the storm preceding it. II the storm
from the 18th to the 18th proves 10 he
of very great force, as expected, then
the storm wave OF the 18th to the I'D
will be the widest storm OF the month.
But the stored up electrical energy
may be divided equally between the
two storms, IN which case EACH oil them
will be severe. Following this last
mentioned storm wave, another Will be
due 10 leave the Pacific coas; about the
18th, cross the Rocky-Aliegheny Valley
from tie 10Th TO the 18th and reach the
Atlantic coast about the 18th. This
storm promises TO be equal 10 any of
the month and 1t will spend Its Prlnci-
pal force east of the Mlsslssippi Valley.
Ii will probably develop tornadoes and
cause considerable rainfall with more
cloudy and foggy weather than is usual
for June. THIS storm will be of special
interest TO the eastern states, while
moderate rams may be expected from
it in the South.
When We have experienced these
June storms we will be better able to
determine the nature OF the weather IN
store tor us during the twelve months
to follow, for ii these June storms
show an increased force over the ordi
nary June weather 1t will be strong
evidence In support of my forecasts OF
IA year of great storms. The equinox
of Saturn will only have begun to have
It's influence IN June and will not reach
its maximum force till October. while
the influence of Jupiter's equinox
viii not be felt till after Sep
TENDER. Their combined influence
will be greatest in March, 1892. With
the close of the June storms, the rain
belts in many places will change their
localities, and where the rains have
been excessive they will generally De-
come deficient, while III many places
where rains have been too light they
will largely increase. In those local
tiles where excessive rams have fallen
the effect OF every storm wave has been
noted and the accuracy OF my forecasts
have been appreciated, but when the
rain belts change localities the effects
Of the storm waves will not be so notice
able where the rainfall becomes def.
cIent aud this will lead some to conclude
that my forecasts are less accurate. But
if they will take n broader view they
will see that the change ia only in the
rain belts. Where the weather has
been dry and by the change more rain
occurs, there my forecasts will appear
to be more accu sate than before.
Finley on Tornadoes, No. 2.
In his book Lieut.. Finley says: "The
invariable accompaniment of 4 tornado
is the hail storm which precedes and
succeeds its first and last appearance"
This statement does not appear consis-
tent with Mr.. Finley's theory that heat
is the cause of tornadoes. and to me 1t
is lust as sensible that heat causes these
hail storms as to say that IT causes the
force in the tornado. l do not deny
that wlnd-air in motion is one of the
forces of the storm, but do deny that
heated air is the cause OF the wind s
great velocity and power. On the other
hand, | affirm that electricity Is the
moving force of every wind current that
belongs 10 an organized storm, and that
IN some eases electricity alone IS the
force, while wind alone can never at
tain to this great force. Mr.. Fin
ley says that heated air from
every direction rushes INTO
the tornado's vortex and there
rises with such great rapidity and force
as TO cause a suction with force sufii-
cient to accomplish the wonderful
things recorded OF Tomatoes. IL suffi-
cient heat Iushes into the storm center
from all directions to develop this
wonderful force, would not this heat
prevent the formation of these hail
storms which Mr.. Finley correctly de-
scribes rs occurring all around the tor
nadoes?
Mr.. Finley also shows that one-half of
the tornadoes IN the northern states oc-
cur IN April and May. These are not
hot months IN the northern states and
the changes from cold TO warm are not
more RAPID than IN other parts OF the
year. Hot winds and columns of
heated air are not common IN those
localities during the mouths mentioned.
Then why should one-half of all the
tornadoes of the northern states occur
in these months of only average
warmth If hot air ~ the cause of lorna
does Evidently the not ar is absent
in this case. while according TO the cleo
trical theory. the earth having passed
through its cquinoctial electrical dis
turbance. breaking up its electrical
equilibrium, the tornadoes occur most
frequently while ITS electrical forces are
rearrang,ng themselves during tie two
following months.
Forty years ago the great Fsrsday
saId when We remember that the
earth is itself n magnet, pervadsd IN
every part by this mighty power, uni
versal and strong as gravity itself. We
can not doubt that IL u exertIng All Az
pointed and essential Influence over
every particle OF matter and IA every
place where 1t IL present. What its
great purpose is seems to Iva looming up
IA the distance before us; the clouds
when Obscure cur mental sight are
daily thinning and can not doubt that
glorious discovery IN natural knowl-
edge - awaiting cur age
W. 7. Fo<rtR.
To ptspes ,eids