The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-07
LET'S BLAME Hicks
FOR this COLD
Forecaster Predicts Many Cold Days
for tho Month of January, with
but Few Days of
Warmth.
MANY STORM PERIODS
Earthquake Shocks Are Expected Just
at Present, Together with
Few Days Of Mild
Weather.

II YOU want someone to blame for
the weather, why not take Rev. Irl
R. Hicks OF St. Louis, the prophet
whose forecasts are published each
month in these columns. His fore
cast for January is full of bad days
and periods OF snow, sleet, wind, etc,
with now and then a mild spell to
give the people chance to thaw out
and get ready for the next cold snap.
Here is his forecast for the month OF
January
A regular storm period covers the
1st to the 5th, being at the cu'mina-
ton of mercury disturbance. This
period embraces earth's perhel1on
point on the LIST. moons last quarter
and passage over the equator on the
Srd, and apogee on the 4th. Jupiter
and Saturn are also in quadrature
with earth and sun.
January will come in most likely,
IN the midst of mercury sleet and
snow storms, with change to warmer
on and touching the 3rd With this
rise of temperature, look for falling
barometer, probable winter lightning
and thunder southwark, with rain,
turning heavy eleet and snow gen.
orally on and touching the 3rd, 4th,
9Th. A very marked and wide cold
wave will follow from the northwest.
progressively, behind these storms
spreading eastward and southwark
over most parts Of the country fror1
the ord to the 9Th. Understand and
heed this forecast. do not get left. {"
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 18th, Sth, and 9th. This
period will bring return of rising tenn
perature, falling barometer and more
rain and snow The moon will be at
extreme south on the 10th, inducing
northerly winds but new moon is on
the 11th, preventing great cold and
keeping barometric pressures down
between this and the succeeding storm
period There are reasons to expect
seismic rumors during the first week
in January but the It'll to the 18th,
taking the 18th as the central day is
marked seismic period.
A regular storm period is central on
the 14th, covering the 18th to the 18th
Moderate, threatening conditions
will continue from the new moon on
the 18th, through the greater part Of
this period but from about the 18th
to 18th decided storms of rain, wind
and possibly thunder need surprise nc
student of these forecasts. These
storms will be rapid in their develop
ment and passage from west to east
with cold wave pushing the heels
of storms closely from the northwest
The moon being on the celestial equat
or on the 10th and nearest the earti
on the nth, with first quarter on tn,
18th, the disturbance of this periot
will naturally be prolonged out of it
normal limitations.
A reactionary storm period fall
centrally on the goth and 21st Or
and next to these dates may be eA
pected the regular rise of temperatur
fall of the barometer, cloudiness
change of wind currents t
easterly and southeasterly, all endin
lowed by rising barometer and clear
ing cold weather. No successful str
dent of meteorology can fail to kno1
that the inception and oncoming of al
storm periods are marked by more O
less rise of the thermometer and fal
of the barometer.
A regular storm period is centrs
on 25th, full moon falling on sam
day.
This period will change to warme
southerly winds and falling bart
meter followed by rain and snow fror
the 25th to 9th. Rising baromete
and change to much colder will 70
low closely behind the storms frol
the west asd north. Another seismi
period is coincident with the storr
period, 22nd to 27th, central on tn