The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-02-05
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
VERY INTERESTING EVENTS
May Be Expected From February S to
10, That Period Will Bring the
Most Severe Storms of
the Month

copyrighted 1905 by w. T. Foster.)
Washington. Feb. 4-Last bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance to cross
the continent 5 to 9, warm wave 4 to 8,
cool wave 7 to H. Next disturbance will
reach the Pacific coast about 10, cross
west of the Rockies by close of IL, the
great central valleys IL to ii, eastern
states IS. Warm wave will cross west
of the Rockies about 10. great central
valleys II. eastern states Id. Cool wave
will cross west of the Rockies about 49,
the great central valleys IS, and eastern
states II.
Nothing of great Importance about
this disturbance. The storms will be of
greater intensity or force than usual but
are not expected to go to great ex-
trernes The most interesting feature
will be the cold wave that will cross the
continent I3 to II, reaching great central
valleys about IS, Washington, D. c.,
and northeastern states about II. This
cold wave will be most severe in the
vicinity of Winnipeg St. Paul and
Cleveland, o.. but not severe i'll the
Southern states. nor at Washington, D.
c. This is my first forecast for our
capitol city.
Rainfall will increase with the passing
of this disturbance. Not much rain
south of the Ohio and Missouri rivers !;
dry in eastern states.
Very interesting weather events may
be expected from February 5 to 10. that
period will bring the most severe storms
of the month. First indications of the
approaching disturbance will be a con-
siderable rise in temperature. Disturb
ing influences will reach their greatest
force 7 to and the severest storms
will occur southeast of the low during
these three days.
Another high temperature wave will
cross the continent I6 to 20, and then a
long spell that will reduce temperatures
of last half Of February to lower aver
age than that of first half
Sometimes our government is very
liberal toward schemes that promise no
good. 1t permitted one of its scientific
orthodox experts to expend $4,000 on
flying machine that never promised
anything better than mere toy. For
years it has furnished thousands of dol
lars annually, through Smithsonian In
stitution, in order to study the sun as
to whether its output of heat varies, and
if it does. hoping to find therein the
cause OF weather changes. Not content
with that expenditure an observatory
has been erected out in the Alleghenies.
sixty miles from Washington, at great
expense, and there the weather bureau
officials will study the sun for the pur-
pose of telling the Secretary of Agricul-
ture. the farmers and planters what to
plant! Oh, fudge! :
A hundred years and a billion dollars
worth of time has been devoted to max
ing weather records as ADVISED by JET
ferson an Franklin and advocated by all
experts in weather matters. Now these
records must be discarded and fifty
years wasted in studying the sun: all
because Chief Moore does not know
how to work out the weather problem
starting with the weather records as a
basis. Will congress continue to throw
away money on Chief Moore's wild
schemes? =..* -..-
!. / propose to stick TO the weather re-
cords, believing that we must learn to
know the future of the weather by its
past. If we would learn what and when
to plant and sow we must study the
weather and vegetation on this earth and
not fv away to the sun for such pur-