Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-01
FOSTERS WEATHER
BULLETIN
(Copyrighted 1909 by w. T.
Foster.)

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Washington, D. c., May 29.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbance
to cross continent 81 to 81. warm wave
26 to 80, cool wave 20 to June g. The
principal features of this disturbance
were expected to be great rise in
temperature, warm weather, threaten
ing and severe weather with probable
ity of severe storms
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about June 2 cross, Pacific slope
by close Of 8, great central valleys 4
to 6. eastern states 7. Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about June 2,
great central valleys 4, eastern states
6. Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about 5, great central valleys Z, east
ern states 8.
This will be one of the three dan
gerous storm periods of June and as
severe storms cannot now be definite
ly located, the best policy is to be on
the alert, especially in sections where
such storms sometimes occur. I ex-
pect these storms to be most severe
WiLLlli q udy VI lWo vi july 4. L jaw
the storm center located on June in
the great central valleys west of the
Mississippi river, but as these storm
centers move eastward from 400 to
700 miles day the exact location
where the dangerous storms will
break cannot now be known.
Temperatures will go very high he.
fore this storm center passes and
very low following it. Very cool
weather will direct eastward June 5
to 10, crossing meridian 80 about I
or s. This fall in temperature will
cause rains as the high barometer
comes in.
Three great storm waves will cross
the continent during the five days OF
which June 4, II and July 1 will be
central days. Very little harm, can
result by SO arranging affairs as to
be on the safe side during the pass.
age of these severe storms, while
much good may result. Future brtle.
tins will give details.
expect temperatures of June 10
average about normal but they will
go to great extremes as the strom
centers cross the continent Rainfall
of the month will be deficient except
in the cotton states east Of the Mis-
sissippi river. ~
The Comet.
The great comet that is coming
next year will not only cause general
interest and some alarm but will
cause general discussion of the nature
of these occasional visitors, and when
that discussion is over. the public, the
common readers, will know more
about the universe in which we live
and about the forces that operate the
machinery of the wonderful solar
system.
Scientific men are not all agreed
about these matters and they. too
may learn by discussion. AS our
weather changes are the effects Of
these forces that move the machinery
of the universe--and who will dare
say that weather changes come by
chance? My thirty years study OF
these problems has led me to some
conclusions as to the causes that lie
between the first great cause and the
effects or results that lie closer to US,
and during the coming Of Haley
comet, the greatest ever known, l pro.
pose to give through these bulletins
the theories l have formed as to the
mechanical features Of the universe.
am Of opinion that our moon Is the
remains of a comet that struck our
earth in prehistoric times. The evi-
dences of this are so numerous that
a book of considerable size would BIZ
necessary in which to record them.
Scientists are dividing as to weather
our earth has gradually grown from
an atom to it's present dimensions and
consequently will grow on forever, be-
coming one of the great suns of the
universe; the other side asserting tba,
it is now cooling from molten
mass and when cold, will become dead
and lifeless. I.hold to the first propo.
sition.
One scientific class says that the
comets are youthful moons or planets
that they have grown up in remote
space and are drawn into our solar
system when the latter, always NOV.
ing into new space, approaches and
attracts them. l hold to that idea.
The other class says that the comets
are remnants of exploded planets.
These questions l will discuss in
these weekly bulletins while the
monster comet Is paying It's visit to
our little planet and our solar system
next year.