The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-23
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT.
Millions of Dollars Saved by the
Storm Forecasts.
BH1TtRMtNTS ARE CONTEMPLATED.
Aerial Navigation Is ncinr studied
"""ie system of stations 10 He
stnrted--inVentors' Chance.

Washington. November as--pr,r.ss
! ""'is ~ Moore chief Of the weather
ou''au' mas submitted to the secretary Of
agriculture his report OF the operations
OF the bureau during the fiscal wear a,
his administration.
or the forecast and warnings Professor
Moore says In part
| rtnoly warnings OF ali severe st,rns
likely 10 cause injury I, shining wcre
sent to all maritime stations and resulted
III almost incalculablo benefit. In thu hap-
"ur W buiialo alone. during all of the most
severe storms OF the pas, winter. total
~ uNcr lou vessels. nSGrsgatlng IN value
| '' upward of $4,000 000. were DELAYED In
iort by reason Of the bureau waininssr
.'he professor points that as result
VI .no aanger signals displayed AT ai
points IN advance OF the West India h,,r,i
H"hos on me Atlantic coast no lives we're
Tr ne "nu nut little property DESTROYED,
nat no cold wave or frost OF unusual, IN.
lentity has occurred without fnrewarniay
ana mat while no disastrous rn,dn haxo
occurred during the year warniurr vera
hiNvh by the bureau In cases OF heavy
'ans am melting suuws. which were ~
~, ~ saving large amounts of property.
nv average per cent Of eri1catlou m
s sne bureaus forecasts during the year way
~ = ror cont an Improvement of 4 nor
cent over that of last year
Among the new features introduced. per-
mars the one most highly commended by
"h cihsSes Us the corn and 'hclt rcgIon
service, established Ia tho piinchal r,rt,
nhd wheat producing states OF the Con
tral valleys and IN the West Tho infor,na
Won obtained concerning rainfall and tom,
peiaturo IL promptly bnilotncd and dis.
tcroEtcd. :"
More prominence has been given TO tina
subject Of aerial navigation than to other
experimental work Concerted cloud Oh
herNa'ions In corporation with foreign
countries have been made at a Iutnhor Of
slallons FROM these It In hoped y, gain III
formation regarding the general circuls,ion
u' ,ho atmosphere. particularly during
stormy weather @
kite experiments IRE resumed. on nm,
oechHion an attitude of 1000 feet wns Oh
t,fned' PROFESSOR AIoorc says tina, the use
of Rites IL always limited by tina con1It,on
Of the Winds. There apneara to remain Int
one other means OF exposing meteorological
Instruments at approximately fixed points
IN itoe MIR namely. by the use of deyIoes
suH'0inod by the action of pru.tllors which
c'th'f iiit the apparatus directly or Give
!, specially descending or ascending mo-
ton.
Many devices 81 this character have been
proposed by ingenious Inventors II ~ A
possibility that important meteorolorical
stations OF the future win bo dual IN char
iclcr one portion win remain aa a. pres.
mi at the surface of thu Garth The other
loriion VIII be poised az n ercnt height IN
nidhir, ricling at anchor to the base of tho
iiation, as II were Simultaneous obserya-
Ions from u system OF widely distributed
'tations NJ this character would enable tho
uture The forecast official 10 man out the
condition. both horizontally
md vertically and arrive at a more exact
knowledge OF the temperature, pressure,
ste.
The report says It is not believed thore
ins been an Increase In either 1e fire.
Iucncy or severity OF the tornadoes
Unfortunately those OF the past year have
wopt through populous sections OF tho
ountry. Three hundred and six persons
Dst their lives In the storm OF May 81
isi, moro than the aggregate loss by vlo-
mt winds during the years 1891 and 1925.
During the three severe tropical s,o..1s
mt have occurred during The present fall
,nson, and for which hurricane nignals
ere issued by the bureau, nbou, 1000 yes
als came into or remained In port on tho
astorn gulf and Atlantic coasts durihg
10 periods for which the warnings were
AuCd,