The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-07

center 81 the paranolie track IS To- the
Gulf the storm may cross the United
states 20 the Middle Atlantic coast or
New England, and aRaiu sweep across d."
Atlantic 20 the interior 81 Europe. or h.
lost IN tho north seas our storms seem
IN be- Ike everything else IN Americs-on
gigantic scale
Authorities agree that nowhere else on
the face Of tho globe is there any region
where storms are met with that can com
pare with those Of the West Indies. or
thos~ which enter our territory through
that gateway
The Fury of the Tropical hurricane.
That West Indian storms come only on
our continent In the late summer or early
fan and reach their greatest intensity
and frequency IN September has given
rise Co the theory thar the Hutumnal
equiuuxcs always bring severe wind ana
ratn storms Again m other portions -
tho country remote from the track OF
West indian hurricane thc transition
from summer 10 winter usually results in
dowupours OF rain that sometime ltrt
several days This fac, SIN further CON
urms To- the minds OF tho 81. pie thc belief
that there are yuuln,s-tial rtntms It're
seems Co Doe no objection 90 th'r calling
these storms "cuuIuu,ual except fhat
any date in September viii probably how
d. great e storm frequency aH either thc
cist or I'd THE only relation that ne
oquiuoNe- bear Geo these storms is that mo
storms arc the result OF seasonal change.
and tho cqulnoNes mark the middle time
period between summer and winter.
An Ingenious theory or many pfopl" in
flc I.sk, region ana thr upper Mississippi
valley Is that tnc direction ~ the wini
for i've DAYS ptrccdiug the fan equinox "
dictates the character at thc coming VIII.
ter. that is 90 cav. 10 the Wind be- from
ths south che winter will boz mild one
and . cold one will follow " the winds
h.. from the north Investigation ~ this
theory shows that it has uo foundation to
fact
Further iu regard 20 tho mHEnltuic a.
our storms ii may be said that the Amor
loan cold wave hap go counterpart. that
now here else unless 10 De- iu the eteppea
OF Russia does the temp nature show such
oscillations ia such short periods ar time
nor 40 tho icy b'asts sweep over sneh
q broad area Bat this Be- not az ali %
our dlsadNautaEe. am OF the opinion
that tho American cold wave g. enc OF tn'
most bpuencent glfts ~ nature fol iH
clear cold air gives ~ more oxygen VIII
each inspiration 81 the lungs and the %.
normally high electric potential that ni
WAYS accompanied such air inVrofaieH
man and an other animal lie Tn" cold.
north wind n IL be dry. ana 40 usually ~
brings physical energy and mental nn"f
apry IA its mighty breath lot NO one
disparage tho American colo wave i''
much Of the physical nnd inichectual 'h
srry that has made this country Etea'
that has caused ~ 90 take the leadius
place among the great nations OF 'h'
World that has caused its people q" eA''l
an Tho arts. manufacture and commerce.
a faH I'D err a.
cold north wind n we will follow I'M
line OF thougir a little further u VIII o'
etir 40 as that tho north branches OF me
Aryan race have always migt aifd aEa0H
the prevailing winds. and Ia the i"e'h ~
the vraterv currents. have always tnfiFea
,,-on resistance. and have grown s'ronset
ma more resourceful against all opp"'l
zion Ttffs a noteworthy fact that hish
-tvuization has not physically depi' 'e' m
German. the Scandinavian. the Anglo
s.vop ard other people - the nor I'm
mart Of the temperate none, that the CIV"
iz,,,on Of the middle cold lau'udes. az
-orsing 40 the historians have been more
,t,,-t,g A they have reached hi@h"
INA higher stages al deN ciopment ana
nave caused the people under their ~.
euence 20 form NOR iiGrh's 'i'''"7 "i,'
.,rnnety knit political institutions WIN
be civilization of more sonthsfly TAU
tudea have seemed 60 reacn hlAh u'~i
~ Aevrlopnsnt only 10 bring On physlea'
enervation ana political disiniesta'i"n'
..poreteIIlna'' the Galveston storm
No,, a word IN regard to the c.him tha'
=, tong-rauae forccaAter accurately i"''
told the Galveston storm year 10 '"'
vance. 49,. t,.
notice IN his published PREDICTION ,n'
s,,tefneut that. 'one Of the deed"d storm
periods for september viii f'il an,u, ~, ,.
dvy.Iers on the south seas. islnn's anh
oasis 70 heed the signals 81 Weai ~
ai.n hurricanes az thir cline VISA 9"
Az tbot ln ~ way does this foret"h ih'
,o,.tp.r of tho hurricane that struck fiot
IDA swept the Southern CUR totr'. hh'
pa.sed inland at Galveston. Ihe N'''n-
~ bureau accurately forciold 81" iorl"h
a. tho coast -hne that would be hHtft'n
~ tho Galveston storm. while TINS 'ohh
rapeo forecaster. whose work We oonfid
er 10 be- noshiug bar the moreat chhfia-
tani.m. makes a general statement 80 IN.
Eject thnt. storms may bee eNptf"i
.t,out this time for che south rcna, lHl-
auAs and COASTS q" The south seas. lsi-
snds and coasts cover on area larger
,b.o the entire United Statcs-an ares
Tint extends southwark 20 South Amer
ia. and takes 81 all 81 the Islands 81 tho
IVES, Indies and the coasi-iine or the
caribbean see the Gulf ~ Mexico. anu
nort Inward TO Hatterss what nonsense
20 saw that such "a prediction accurately
foreiod the coming OF tho resent hurri-
cane Every one knows that during thia
pcriod storms are frequent 10 the region
a the West Indies. This lonE-range az
tr0loger throws out his drag-net ana
claims everything that falls within an
area two thousand miles IN diameter.
have personally Investigated the the
Dries o. many Iong-ranRe forecasiing
humbugs. and I have yet TO md eingle
instance where a higher degree ~ accu.
racy was obtained than one could mak"
by closing his eyes ana stahbing with his
pencil a. the calendar. saying hero
there viii be storms" have never
found one Of these f0recasters whose pre-
dietions were based upon any definite
ldea. or upon any scientific principle. !
am satisfied that the majority Of them
know themselves 10 be- engaged in the
porpetration Of fraud and that the re-.
mainder are either ignoranf or nro them
selves deceived hy accidental coincldonces
bet ween their predictions ana the storms
that occur.
However. Do not despair that some
day u will be possible 20 foretell tho
weather months IN advance but the man
nor IN which We must approach this inn
poriant problem cannot be treated with
in the limits 81 this paper Sunice II
to cav that n there were any knowledge
60 DAY IN the possession Of man that
would enable ionR-range forecasts 20 b.