The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-23
SUNSHINE AND
RAIN ALTERNATE
RAPID CHANGE IN WEATHER
WADE DIsAGREEABLE TO RESI-
DENTS OF SAVANNAH.

cloudy skies in Morning and Rain
An Afternoon - Sunshine Mt a
O'Clock and Rain at 9 O'clock.
clear skies Until 8 O'clock and 1t
Rained Again Until Nearly o
o,cIeck-CautiOn Advised Shipping
interests Until This Morning.
disturbance Is Increasing.
Yesterday was an experimental oc-
casion with the Weather Man and he
alternated the currents with an aston
fishing irreguIarity that kept Savannah
ians in a constant state of worriment
as to what to expect next.
At 10 o'clock last night telegram
from washington announced that the
disturbance over the Gulf states was
Increasing in intensity, with ten
dency to move northward, and advis-
ed caution to vessels until morning.
AS far as Savannah was concerned
It was a most disagreeable day. 1t
began with skies overcast with gray
clouds, moving rapidly northward, but
never allowing the sun the slightest
opening through which to peep. At
noon it changed tactics, the clouds
disappeared, and the sun came out.
Then the gloom cheered up, hoping
for another fair day.
But it couldn't last and at o'clock
in the afternoon it began raining. The
shower was not pleasing to the Wealth
er Man, and he switched levers and
out came the sun again. This was even
less pleasing, and he turned on the
rain crank again, while he deliberated
on the question. This shower was
heavier than the first, but like it's pred
ecessor, did not last long.
At 4 o'clock it cleared up again, and
every indication was that the rain
was over. Umbrellas were put in OBJ
scure corners, raincoats went to their
pegs OH the walls, and Savannahians
began thronging the streets again.
Two Heavier Showers.
Shortly before o'clock. however,
the Weather Man got things mixed
again and it began raining. This was
the hardest shower of the day and
there was a hurried scramble for
shelter Big automobiles, footing a
warning to scurrying pedestrians,
swished around the corners in a mad
race for home.
Delivery wagons rushed hither and
thither and cabs swung around cor
ners with an astonishing recklessness.
Men turned up their coat collars, pull
ed their hats down more firmly on
their heads, and, throwing dignity
to the winds, scurried for shelter. The
entrances to the stores were crowded
with busy shoppers.
At o'clock it stopped raining again,
but this condition lasted only until 8,
and then storm symptoms rapidly de-
veloped and the rain again began. In
the hollows in the pavements little
pools collected which reflected the
lights from the streets and stores,
Men and women, hurrying past each
other in search of shelter, splashed in
the puddles. The women looked dag
gers and the men muttered softly of
certain rainless regions where mer-
curry keeps above the boiling point.
Evening Was Clear.
At o'clock the fair weather current
was turned on again and from that
hour until midnight the night was
ideal. A full moon made artificial
lights unnecessary for the st-7ets. The
skies were cloudless and save for the
wet pavements and streets there were
no Indications that it had rained in
weeks. At midnight affairs twisted
around again and the rain side of the
signals showed, though the rain was
not a heavy one. The total rainfall for
the day measured .3S of an inch.
At 10 O'Clock the following telegram
was received from the central Wealth
er Bureau Office at Washington: Dis
turbance over South Atlantic coast in
creasing in intensity, with more north
ward tendency. Advise caution till
morning" The disturbance is not of a
nature that is at all serious and the
warning is intended merely for the
shipping interests