The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-22
AGRIP CLOUD
sweeping over This Section ofths
United States.
WARNING OF WEATHER OFFICER
A. Pi.taSusGA-Fsopls caAnOt b tOe
csr.tul 70 Guard Against IsRsst' Or the
Hamldltyin the Atnosphsrs- NOtbs
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10. Lay Aside FisnnSls Toe Soon.

SnyS; Farmer Dunn, head OF one OF the
largest " eather bureaus IN the United
S,Stcs, sat in his eyrie gazing anxluusly
upon chart that Jay upon his desk.
There IL a grip cloud on the way" said
n, "and before another twsnty-tOur
hours has passed tho death rate win rise
hlrh enough TO spoil my chart for the
month Of March. IL Is q cloud that win
rwecp over the country, and its effects
viii BE- telt about equally over tho Conti-
usnt.
"A grip cloud. continued he. as We
now understand H. 10 one that Is laden
With moisture. There ARE other COM
pllcahons. but the worst Is the hui
mildly.
"orp," said the weather man, tapping
The table impresslvely. is half weather
and half the person. who has ii. GRIP
comes on this time OF year not 50 much
because the weather here as because
we invite in.
AZ this seasoH, ell Through March.
there IS fine mixture Of winter and
sn,InC weather. Winter Is not gone.
sDrinE s. not here. One day 1t is winter
another day spring oSrudes itself The
tbermomenter varies and We have the
nneersa.n,y .that makes March che most
drepdtul month Of the calendar.
The grip cloud q we see Il in the
,r.a,bsr bureau l. one that bringB hui
mdity. Il may rain or It may not, but
there Is warm moist atmosphere hover
ing over the city.
'.The temperature Of the town goes up
under the influence OF the grip cloud and
is atmosphere. II gets very hot indeed
for this time OF year.
Humidity Is bad for the human body,
a. everybody knows. The awful death
rates u summer come. not I'm hot, dry
weeks, but on those days when the air is
allied with water and people arc dripping
With strange. cloudlIke humidity. while
suffering from high temperature.
''Ths same thing obtains with a March
rrip cloud. but in thousand times worse
degree. The person suffering from the
heat and humidity throws on his outer
coat, lessons his Undertaking and
makes himself comfortable.
The next day. perhaps later the same
day. comes the change back TO winter
conditions. The body. weakened by the
lessenlnE of clothing, suddenly becomes
chilled. and the result fH . cold. Grip
germs are taken into the system, and che
person has the grip.
"Our worst grip cases occurred IN
March and April. 81. when the death
rate went as high as $50 deaths In SIN
sic day. The changes Of temperature
that year we're very sudden and extreme.
One hour It would be II degrees, few
hours later IS degrees.
I'VE and that the greatest danger ex-
EFSR when there b 4 warm, moist, rainy
smell, followed by sudden cold. Then the
grip sickness Is very prevalent When
the heat and humidity are very great
there Is sickness, hut when the humidity
continues and the weather gets colder
there Is a great deal more. To illustrate
this notice how easily you taxa cold when
a warm, sticky F2ln ehangeSto q cold,
sleety one. The body gets chilled, I'M
chnRiousIy to yourself, and there Is grip
and cold.
"A grip cloud IS visible to a weather
bureau man, because he sees the humid.
IT'S Of It. Otherwise a cloud or a wind
cannot be seen. The effect OF every wind
is noted, and the velocity registered. but
wind Is not visible 10 the actual VISION
unless there Is humidity in II. When the
weather bureau observes such a wind
cloud on the way there Is feeling OF
PahneS9 because OF the sickness II will
bring. That cloud which your artist Is
sketchInE, that thick; hazy thing, Is
The remedy for the evil. and a thing
that would counteFact the eject OF the
grip cloud, 20 great extent. IL the wear.
ing OF heavy clothing. In New York and
its vicinity, and In every city and lau-
rude where the weather IL vartable-in.
deed, In almost every part Of the United
states-there should be no difference
made In winter clothing until spring Is
fully established It Is difilcuit to name
a time when this Will be. but surely not
before May. Many cautlous persons
wear winter fiaunela until June. In April
The temperature may vary from IS to 81
in twenty.four hours; and In May 1t goes
from 10 to 20 with an awful rapidlty.
Il read a humorous little sklt In the
paper the other day Some physician
advised the wearing OF n different coat
each day. varying the thickness to suit
the thermometer. And to this an aIx-
Ious sub1criber wrote to ask how many
DvercOnts II would be necessary for
man To take down town with him In the
morning.
"The body can stand overheatlnE as
long as It gets enough fresh air. but 1t
stand oveNcoolinE. and that Is why the
winter flannel is prudent until an danger
Of a cold wave IS over
"A great many persons do not Know
the value Of the weather bureau as ap.
piled to them personally They think y
good for mariners. for convenience ana
FOR record But when II comes 10 reEu-
latinE their own clothing by u ana get
Ting their health hints from It's reports
they do not understand II.
by Tar the most trying month IN thc
year IA on Us now; and whether MaTch
ZONES In like lion and goes out IKE n
lamb. or rcyerscs It's geological tendeh.
Giles, there Is sure to he enough weather
IN March 10 make US all sick II We are
willing 10 allow H."
Farmer Dunn here turned his attention
10 the instrument that w1S making the
grip record with such frlFhtful velocity,
and the reporter withdrew.
The recent resolve Of the photographic
office Of the navy 70 issue cloud atlas"
for the use OF ordinary people ought 20,
in III opinion Of the weather bureau, he
IT the utmost assistance In sighting a
Erip.cIoUd from Rfar and preparing for
Il,