The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-02

prohnilc TINT It would have showed q
decreasn IN the air pres-ure Of scw'rni
ihe hes due 10 the centrifleoi forces Of Tie
rotating masses
Tho reason why tornadocs usually oc-
cur In Tho fon,hoast quadrant OF the
r2cione IS that IN this quarter Of Inc
storm area .he temperature aud humidity
af" higher than tn any other portion If
Nc cyclone L has been observed that II
IS aof necessary for barometer "a. Tho.
routor Of the cyel1nic system 70 lie all
aarnlNy low In order 70 give conditions
favorable for tornado DEVELOPMENT in
th" southeast quadrant Of pa" cyclone.
The faN that this tornado travelled
through several mllcs Of hrlah hutld.us-
aHt !nfi -hn ely aplureu ~ with greater
forae Than II mad on entering illustrates
We iHut'F 81 PlanlhS f"'rslH ~ ~
FoNth ""' ot city for fae rnrpose Of
profession As many people h,yr nd
vpcaied. i So ~ babln lnt ihs strong So
trees would offer bat lffle more resist
iaan woulG so many hade~ Of grass rs
| t9rnadoes usnallH 'ravrl from southwest
To northeast. the idea has hH"u very fay
orahly entertained by sH,ne who have
| made u study nf the problem ifhat Il forest
! growth 10 the southwest Il a e.iy would
/ d sli,iegra-e the tornado whlrl"
y here Is Tho safest place 10 gnt dur
| 'ng tornado r. Professor Moore was
ne SAFEST pace lNIllk NNHil n H'ffin
| Is IA the collar of frame honsc, TIE
! weather bureau has no record u n per-
! SON having been kiled In he cellar of n
| frame structure unless such bhlding was
| crushed by the filling OF a brick stfnc-
/ tur".
This rs the mos, destructive tornado
OF which Tho wea her bnrc4p has record.
and our nlca contain records OF ahour 50,
such disturbances"
Would tornado be possible in CHI
cago7"
Yes, IT ia possible for Chicago to be
VISITED by similar storm. hut tho LA
hi!iiy 10 such visitation ia considerably
less Than in TINS region, as the cyclonic
storms which cross The country on n
parallel nf latitude far enough north 10
place Chicago In their southeastern quad
develop such q fearful cony-ilsion of ma
turn There ARE few cites east Of thu
foofhiils OF the Rocky Mountains Viii h
can claim complete immunity from these
storms. although they arr more frequent
and Destructive IN The vast plains OF the
centrnl valleys.
tornado IN Northeast Ncw Jersey the
track Of which was even longer than this
storm in 81 Louis, but its intensity was
far less THIS storm crossed over To Long
! Island, but u few miles from New YORK.
city"
, Does Lake Michigan orer any pro,
NO. do not consider Lake Michigan
, offers any protection to Chicago from III,
viaiini on of tornadocs. In fact. If II has
any influence II would be of n confrlr,
/ nature
Mas this storm surprise 10 IN,
weather hnrelu?"
Wednesday morning the weather
nnfean officials. both AT Chicago ane
Washington by their mcteorol0gica
: charts detected dangerous conditions Of
A me air everything the STATE Of Missouri
, ana Eastern Kansas and the morninl
: forecast contained an admoniton that N,
conditions were favorable dor severe loca
q disturbances
!, This season has been unusually prolific
y N me production of tornddoes II rs dif
k ilcult tn give reason why tornahoe
+ should be moro numerous ono year tina,
o ahother but for several weeks the mi
y pressure between the Miss ssippiArlver an,
Q The Rocky Mountains has averaged con
siderahly below the normal, This ha
II caused quite uniform accre,ion of hea
# IN The center Mississippi valley 20
n forty nine consecutive days the air ,nnI
"A pcra,ure In ST. Louis was from 4 10 ,
d degrees each day above normal.
- ut Is possible FOR the student of me
II genealogical scence Z, determine when
o stratum Of air favorable for the dcvslor
:, ment OF tornadoes covers State. hut
Il is highly improbable that the science {
S weafher foreeasting with ever reach sue