The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-08-29

N ARE MOST PECULIAR VI
MOUNTAINS IN PHENOMENA
i. !, No Lightning. Thunder "','
But They Make Ones
.tr stand on End About
Cloudbursts.
the most peculiar of tn, the
aap5 nbenomena are the so-callea
tam u g storms. There is no preclp-
8 c'' u. Iigbtning, no thunder ana
.. D.. ~ wind, nothing to be heard
~ TO be seen except the
no .sr clouds. But much may De
! f Trsr S-Gl is charged with the
= Arid. The earth, the arr tne
. aI and trees and even human
," ON engineer visiting a tunnel
I lII on a mountain side at an ele-
= % a POO feet describes his sen,
s,riro one of these storms. All
- was climbing up the trail 10
ol where he wished to exam
'D IN Of ore Great black CLOUDS
Gather on the horizon ana
II .oon rolling about the mountain
q Flow him. A calm prevailed;
unnatural stiffness seemed to
tbp air. steadily the clouds roll
tbp mountain side like a flood OF
ro+or The stones, as he stepped
~ bpcan to crackle and snap like
aod in a fire. Realizing these
conditions, he hurried to the
snirg tunnel above him. His hair
~ swarm of flies hal settled in
81 -5or he tried to brush them away
bis hand he found each balr
mo almost straight. The strok-
HE hair increased the peculiar
Sriors he experienced, and, ting
81 4ron head to foot, the now thor
frightened man ran into the
sooner had he passed the en-
Re than the peculiar sensations
IA After resting awhile he went
o,eniug and discovered himself
,oIv surrounded by clouds so black
1 dense that he could scarcely see
feet away, although the hour was
far from noon. Stepping outside
vestigate he received a shock that
81 him Keeling back into the tunnel,
re be remained for over an hour
ne the storm passed.
,ob electrical storms seem to be
81 ed in strata. If human being
h make such connection as to
h the charge from one OF the lay
he wound instantly be incinerated.
accident, however, has never
known to occur. Electrical
Ems prevail throughout the noun
region, but the severest storms OF
nature are met only at the great
tude:.
Fith all the severity of electrical
ns and thunder showers it is a fact
human beings are seldom struck
ghtning in the mountains. Death
that cause is much more frequent
be plains bordering the ranges
NJ in the mountains themselves.
4 e most destructive form of noun
Storm is the so called cloudburst,
"a the ripping brook suddenly be-
|AsS roaring river, carrying death
destruction in its path. The noise
81 by cloudburst has no parallel.
re the rumble and roar of a mass
shing water is heard a grinding,
#hing sound of falling trees, of
ing earth and rolling powders,
"a the banks of the stream far
the danger line tremble as if an
n quake. The senses are numbed
Pc awful cataclysm, and it seems
& spectator, although he is on the
4 banks and out OF actual danger,
the very foundations of the earth
8o1rSt and Judgment day was come.
aood losses about mighty trees
ocES as If they were straws, the
II OF the stream seem to dissolve
MS eyes, and feeling of awe at
OoIsUIOle power OF nature steals
d the observer. Once witnessed, a
lourst Is never forgotten.
4 point OF fact, however, there is no
Ynlng as the bursting of cloud.
Term "cloudburst" is convenient
zeS'lOn by which the result of a
leaYy rain is designated. Nearly
~ surface of the earth in the
AN region is made up either of
Or adobe soil. The latter in most
laS never been broken to Guilt
and IS almost impervious to a
leayy dOwupour of rain. The
renee Is that the mountains are
II WIN arroyos, gullies and water
T. ~ auo IN the course of unnumber-
= = = INTO mighty canyons which as
I'd IN m,s unusually heavy rainfall the
hi &ns st9S VI water spread over a large
Z r j iTau o. sinking into the ground
rao aI accumulated in the beds of
# tfm mus Which rise many feet in a
a&# UALiC, NJ hon ~