The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-07-02
FORECAST OF STORMS TO GROSS
THE CONTINENT.
EVENTS NEAR JULYF FOURTH
A Hot Wave to Be Followed by a
COel Wave With Good Showers in
Places - Earthquake Shocks and
TOrnadoeS.

copyrighted 1911 by w. I, Foster.)
Washington, July Last bulle-
tin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent July 3 to 7, warm
wave 2 to 6, cool wave 5 to 9. This
will be a hot wave storm but It'll
promises to bring good showers in
many places as the cool wave comes
in. Near July Z all weather events
will greatly increase in force and
severe storms may be expected. If
earthquake countries should get
shocks near July 3 then our storm
disturbances will be of much less
force. Earthquakes are not frequent
in the States nor in Canada and east
Of the rockies they are rare, there
fore the principal interest for us in
earthquakes is that they lesson the
probabilities of severe storms when
earthquakes occur any place on the
earth. Earthquakes and tOrnadoes
come to us through electrO-mag-
netism.
The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about July 7, cross
Pacific slope by close of 8, great
central valleys 9 to II, eastern sec
tions IL. Warm wave will cross the
Pacific slope about July 7, great cen
trail valleys 9, eastern sections Ill.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about July 10, great central valleys
IL, eastern sections IL.
This will be another hot wave
storm but good rains will be more
probable than in the preceding dis
turbance. Where the drouth con-
tinues all other weather signs fail.
The disturbances develop nothing
but heat and all the other weather
features fail to appear. Because of
these facts my storm wave forecasts
seem to fail in drOuth sections. In
these drouth sections the reader
should expect a hot wave instead Of
| the regular storm wave weather
features. The cool wave following
this disturbance will bring lower
temperatures than usual.
While July is not expected to be
an exceedingly stormy month the
storms will be more than usually
numerous and few of them severe,
most severe not far from July 4, t9
and August /. The fourth disturb
ance of July will reach the Pacific
coast about II, cross Pacific slope by
close Of i2, great central valleys 13
to Is, eastern sections 16. Warm
wave will cross Pacific slope about
July IL, great central valleys t3, and
eastern sections Is. Cool wave will
cross the Pacific slope about July
IL, great central valleys 16, eastern
sections i8.
This will be a low temperature
disturbance and promises good rain
in many places. Principal rains will
come with next disturbance.
The predicted drouth for May anC
June was more in the southwestern
Iparts of the great central than was
expected The general effects of The
drouth on the crops have been iT
accord with the forecasts, but solns
localities in the north and northeas
got more rain than was expected.
During the later months of 1911
these bulletins exposed the falsity o.
the reports that crops were greatcl
than ever before produced and be.
cause of 1911 expected droutf
farmers were advised not to sci
hay, corn and oats. But oats were
| beaten down to 30c, corn to Acc ant
those who sold against the advic'
of these bulletins now regret it.
4 I do not wish to criticise the Unit.
!, cd States Weather Bureau, but
submit this problem: Which is tn
most valuable to the country, the in
| formation given out by these bulle
| tins or that given out by the Unite,