The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-23

washsrrfon. Nov. 1-Prcs wills Mcere.
chief Of the weather bureau. has submit
ted 20 Secretary OF Agriculture Morton his
report o. the operations OF the bureau our
Ing the fiscal year Of ais administration.
or forecasts and warnings he SAYS in mart:
Timely warnings 81 all severe storms
likely 10 eaGse in1nry 10 shipping were sent
20 sll maritime stations. ard resulted "a
almost inczacaiaois benefit. In the hsrhcr
o. Buffalo. dzrtng SIX Of the most severe
Storms Of the past winter. total OF ove~
1sa vessels. aggrcgatsng IN value upwards
Of Es.sn.asa having on board about i.Ssa
persons. were detained IN port by reason
OF the weather bureau warnings"
The professor points out that as a r.
suis Of danger signals displayed at aIl
points IN advance Of the West Indian
hurricane, On TIE Atlantic coast, no lives
were lost and bus little property destroy
- Warnings having been given by the
bureaa IN cases OF heavy rams and melt
ing SHOWS were the means OF saving
large amounts Of property. The average
percentage OF versncatson OF the bureaus
forecasts during the year was So per
cent Al Improvement OF "a per cent
over that OF last year. Among the feat
ures introduced perhaps the ons most
highly commended by ali classes In the
corn and wheat region service, estsh-
listed Ia the principal corn and wheat
producing states OF the Central valleys
and ia the West The Information OBJ
tanned concerning rainfall ard tempera-
iure Ia promptly bulleilned and dissem-
mated for the benefit Of parsons inter-
esiud.
More prominence has beea given TO the
su5jecS OF Asr42l Investigations than TO
other exper. nens-Al work Concerted cloud
observations u cooperation With foreign
countries have been made al a number OF
stations. From these !; is hoped 10 gan
information regarding the general c-reu-
latsoI OF the atmosphere. particularly dur
aES tie stormy weather KITE expert
n.enas are resumed. On one occasion an
altitude o; 1000 feet was obtained. Prof.
Moore says the use Of kites IS Always lin
tied by the condition OF the Winds. There
appears 20 remain bas one means of ex-
posing meteorological instruments al APP
p~ox.zsately fixed points IN free air, name
iy by the use 81 devices sustained by the
action % propsllers which either lift the
apparatus directly or give IL q specially
ascending or descending motion Many
devices Of this character have bean pro-
posed by ingenious inventors.
II is a possibility that important mefe-
geological stations OF the future VIII be
dual in character. One portion will re-
main as a. present at the surface OF the
earth, the other portion will be poised at
great height IL mid air. riding at anchor
TO the base Of station, as 1t were. ST.
multaneous observations from a system
OF widely distributed stations OF this char
ac.er would enable the future forecast
Official 10 map out the atmospheric con-
dition, both horizontally and vertically,
and arrive at q more exact knowledge OF
the temperature. pressure, etc
The report says IL is not believed there
has been an increase IN either the fire.
Qusncy or the severity OF ;ornadoes. Un-
4r.~ @zf~~ ~ b.
have swept through populous sections of
the country. Three hundred and elk per-
sons los; their lives IN the storm OF May
e last. more than the aggregate losses By
violent wind during the years 1884 and 1895.
During the three severe tropical storms
which occurred during the present fan
season, and for which hurricane signals
were issued by the bureau, about 300 yes-
sess came into or remained IN port on the
Boston. gnf and Atlantic coasts during
the periods for which the warnings we're
iss1ea.