Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-04
JUNE STORMS.
This is a Great Storm Year.
July Predictions.
CREATION OF THE EARTH.
Electricity the Source of Vegetable and
Animal Life-Efect of storm Years
the Crop Yieid-August and sep
TENDER the Warm Months.
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.
Special to the Gazette.

| Special to the Gazette
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. May 30-The very de
! structive storms following May III will sug-
! gest that my predictions OF very great
storms during the next fourteen months. in
! GLIDING this May. were timely and had real
foundation. But while the main features
| of my forecasts have been amply verified.
| made one mistake, which l should here ad
| init. My storm wave was due TO cross the
| Rocky-Allegheny valley south of the
fortieth degree of north latitude, from MAY
| IL to Is and become Il 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, 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 18th, and thence northeastward, the
| storm remaining in the Mississippi valley
| five days and spending its force there in
| stead of on the Atlantic coast as predicted.
| The great energy of this storm wave and its
! delay in the Mississippi valley
| SOMEWHAT DIsARRANGED
the storm wave OF 81 TO -, causing it to be
| about one day behind time. The immense
| storm Influences now gathering Will prob
| ably diSarrange. 10 a 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 1872. | have
never experienced the combination of storm
| influences now at work. aud the storm
! record of 1882 is very incomplete. For these
reasons | will probably make a few mis-
| takes as to the details of the weather; but |
| have staked my reputation as 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 il will
go far toward establishing planetary
!
will do me great damage. In the last twelve
months have certainly established the fact
that the principal storm waves cross the
continent from west to east in regular sue
cession ana i'll 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 IN view l
nave carefully arranged my scientific notes
ard discussions OF the beginnings of crea-
ton and the papers that have failed to pub
lish these features Of my letters will have
arguments.
MI LAST LETTER
gave forecasts of the storm waves due TO
cross the continent from May p to 81 and
June | to j. The next will be due to leave
the Pacific coast about the 9TH, 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
the month of June, more especially from
the Sth to the 23d.. OF the three principal
storm waves ] am not able 10 determine
at this time which will prove to be the
most disastrous; but | may be able to give
more definite information in my next let
ter. / 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 a storm wave
the less extent of country it will cover, and
there is not one chance IN a hundred for .
storm 10 strike any given locality. But the
destruction of lives and property aud the
great damage to crops by great hail storms,
cloud bursts, excessive rains, tornadoeS and
hurricanes, such as are expected during the
year, are of very great interest to the pub
lic These June storms are not expected to
be 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.
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 %, July
1 and "a. August and September Will be
the hot months of the year, and the local
drouths will have their principal effect ia
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 alarmists and
spectators at one time declared that the
crops were well nigh ruined by the drouth.
Hail has ruined crops in few places, but
this does not materially affect the general
good prospects. Great storm years ara
usually good crop years, although the crops
of comparatively few may be destroyed.
W. T. FOSTER.