The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-02-09
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I addition, TO this regular liz day period,
there is marked and anmistable tendency
Ito storm conditions for about tive days,
central III thescIih day periods. These
ne call ...reactionars days, giving them
| place iniall our forecasts. When certain
moon pbases-nofably, new mooa and hrst
Equa rter--faIlon orabout reactionasy days.
and when other planetary causes are per.
turblng the elements, violent storms and
atmospheric reydlsioas often fall on these
dates We have no room here to discuss
1.-THE cause OF these reactionary disturb
ances, but remark iu passing that We hold
| thc prime cause 20 be the effort Of nature
to swing back into normal state, just as
the atmosphere will rush in and forward
bchind railroad train, with sufficient
force 10 move light objects and to scatter
clouds of dust. But taking the 2Sth day
| of February as the central day of storm
period. of tho date from which we shall
calculate the next, and succeeding storm
periods what is to be expected on orabout
this date? In other words, what is the
| meaning of storm period and how shall!
we define it? This vital question should
lie clearly answered and fully understood.
| 1t means that for about 4s hours before
the central day Of the storm period, as
rule, it will begin to grow warmer in the
western extremes Of all continental storm
belts, wind currents will begin to SHIFT
into those quarters from which they are
known to blow just before the coming of
storms. Baromeers will begin to fuctu-
ate-often rising very fast to an abnorm-
ally high reading, but falling quickly and
steadily down to the points of ''cl,angc,
"rain" and stormy" BY the afternoon
and evening of the central day, as rule,
storms viii! lie organizing and moving from
the western sections, and during two or
three days succeeding the central storm
date. the disturbances will pass eastward,
passing The central parts usually from ~
to is hours after the central day, and
reaching extreme eastern parts toward
the afternoon and evening Of The third day
after the date of the equinox.
This is the general order. Partial and
temporary dcyiatiuns from it, in the ma
ture of things, must occur Mt times, but
executions to the rule are found by cor
rect observations to be excet dinghy rare.
Often the apparent contradiction to the
rule proves, to those who interpret it in
diligently, the greatest confirmation of it.
A full chapter Oil these apparent "failures"
of our storm periods would prove instruct
i've and interesting t" our readers, ana
we promise that it shall appear rs soon as
our time and space will permit. 1t is a
thaukless and difficult task to try to con-
vince and instruct those who do notin-
tend to be convinced, while those who are
seeking light in spirit of candid, scientif-
is truth hunters, need only hint, II kind
clue, and with satisfaction and pride
they trace out the true order and relation
of things. This class, and, thank God, it
is the largest class, when once they turn
their attention to the facts we are discus
ing, soon learn to pity and smile atwould-
be-crtics, who suppose their incredulity
Is ali nrguemcnt against facts.
The rule is, that after the disturbances
of both the regular and rcactionary peri
eds pass any given locality in~their east
ward progress, cool or cold wave sets in
behind the storms, SO that opposite kinds
of weather will prevail at the same time
in different extremes of our country, but
all of them in exact accordance with the
demands of our theory. From what we
have said above, taking the 28th of Feb
ruary as the starting day, our readers will
see that rcactionary disturbances will
cener about the 5th or 9th Of March, and
that the regular storm period following
will be central on or about the 18th. On
account of our own equinox, Us explained
in our former chapters, about the 18th OF
March Is always crisis, but, added to this
fact, Mars brings his full power into the
field co-incident with our vernal equinox
in the coming March. We mention these
facts in order that our readers who may
try their hand at forecasting what will lie
in the mouth to come may have IL the
facts before them. Let all who have them
turn to and review our explanations of
the eauinoxcs of Earth and Mars, and
keep in mind.thc fact that they both fall
this year on the same day-March 22nd.
And now, BY adding twelve days to March
llth we complete the 23rd day cycle and
find ourselves at The central day Of next
reeular,storm period on March 23rd, or
within one day ofthe cluinoxcs of both
Mars and Earth We state these facts
nov, mot only that our readers may learn
how to combine storm producing causes,
but that timely attention may be given to
periods that ought to incite to prudent
|watchfullness.
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