Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-29
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A record has been established by the
rains this month. Never since the gov
ernment established weather bureau
in Los Angeles have there been rains
so late in the month of May as have
come this month. In 1888 more than two
inches Of rain fell in 1892 206 inches;
in 1885, 1.75 inches; in 1900, 1.S1 inches
and in 1901, 1.5O inches, but in each
case the rainfall has been before the
fifteenth of the month.
A total Of 1.02 inches have fallen thus
far in May and the precipitation for the
storm, which began May 25, is so of an
inch. Los Angeles and vicinity has
not had so severe a storm as the north
ern part of the state. More than an
inch and half fell in Fresno in the
twenty-four hours ending at 6 O'Clock
last evening, and at San Francisco 1872
inches fell in the same period.
The storm which has been giving
rain to Los Angeles and vicinity as well
as to the Pacific states in general is
now central in Nevada. 1t still exerts
an influence on the conditions in
Southern California, but it is not con-
sidered probable by Forecaster Woll-
aber that more rain will fall here.
East Has Storm
Rather unsettled weather may be ex-
pected today with showers and sun
shine possibly alternating. A storm
central off the coast of Virginia is
giving heavy rains along the north
Atlantic coast. More than two and a
half inches have fallen in New York
city in the past twenty-four hours, and
2.14 inches have fallen in Boston. About
an inch is the record of the precipita-
tion for the same period in the Shen-
andoah valley. All over the United
States rainy conditions exist and with
the exception of small area in the
Missouri valley heavy rains have fallen
In Roseberg, Ore, an inch had fallen
at o'clock last evening in the twenty
four hours preceding.
Although the weather in Los Angeles
has been slightly disagreeable for the
last three or four days all over the
rest Of the United States the weather
has been worse by far. In st. Louis
the temperature yesterday fell from SO
tc "A degrees in few hours and snow
fell for several minutes. On the great
lakes fierce storms are a menace to
shipping and several ships have sunk
from the violence of the gales.
In Nevada the floods have been most
severe and dangerous to life. Near
Reno five men were drowned yesterday
by flood caused by cloudburstS in the
mountains. In New York and other
points in the east rains almost approx
mating cloudbursts have fallen and
conditions in general are stormy and
unsettled.
In Los Angeles a considerable amount
of damage was done by the rain storm
yesterday, although most of the damage
Is attributable to the wind which ac-
companied the rain. Several shade
trees in the residence section were
blown down. Various fruit orchards
about this city suffered greatly, as they
were exposed to the full force of the
wind, which swept in from the south
west with great force Slight damage
was done to shipping at San Pedro, al
though the protection of the harbor
lessened the effects greatly.
Sewers Cave In
Several sewers are reported by the
street department to have caved in.
Those damaged in that manner were
in the course of construction and were
not adequately protected from the vio-
lence of the storm.
The statement made by Forecaster
Wollaber in regard to current condi-
tions is as follows:
Unsettled weather continues in the
states west of the Rocky mountains,
storm area which extends from British
Columbia southwark to the Arizona
line. During the twenty-four hours
ending at this evening, 0.57 of an inch
of rain has fallen, which makes nearly
an inch since the storm began. The
total precipitation for the season in
cluding the last rain is 1858 inches,
while the total amount which fell last
season up to this date was 1852 inches.
General and in some cases heavy
rains have fallen throughout the north
ern portion of the state. The West
Indian storm central over the Gulf
of Mexico during the last several days
is now off the Virginia coast, and un~
settled rainy weather prevails in the
states east of the Mississippi river. The