The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-01-06
TAKE IT IN SECTIONS.
Rev. Irl Hess Has Something 10
Say About January.

4 leTrlOle iowa winters. He says
about January 1916, something like
the following:
| The first regular storm period Is,
central on the 18th, extending from
the 9Th to the 10th.
! Causes of disturbances and things
to eXpect.-A Venue equinox is at its
center on December %, 1915, extend.
ing through the greater portion Of
January. The Noon Moon, and
! Moons perigee fall together on the
4th, the Earth is in perigee on the
I End, Mercury equinox is central on
the 9Th, extending from the 4th to
the 18th, and the Moon, in passing
! to north declination, is on the cell
estail equator Alison on the 9th. The
opposition of Saturn with Earth and
Sun is on the 4th. ..
I The astronomical outlook calls for
prolonged spell of threatening, I'M
settled weather, from the opening
day, to the middle of the second
week in January. Storm centers,
with rise OF temperature, falling ba-
rometer and rain and snow, will cul-
inmate in crisis from about Friday
the 9Th, to Sunday the 9th. These
storms will originate in western sec
tons early in this period, moving
eastward and increasing into threat
ening and widening and severe biz
yards OF sleet and snow northward
end heavv winter storms of rain and
wind southwark. The days on and
=. auuLt which storms are expected to
be at their hardest are shown in the
. storm charts. On and touching these
. days, storm centers will make their
. transit from west to east across the
, continent, with high barometer, gales
, from the west and north and changes
to very cold, pushing behind the
storms and dominating the weather
generally for several days following.
, To all who will watch, ample wara.
ings will be apparent in all sections
, OF the country, OF the storms and
, weather and extremes that are ap,
preaching. Do not forget that ex
IRENE western sections, as rule
will have their storms and weather
changes two or four days earlier than
central and eastern parts. Keep
posted in the forecasts, ahead of q
storm period, note the indications oil
your barometer-of clouds and tenn.
perature and winds, as the periods
approach, and you will not be sur.
prised by storms and severe weather
J changes, one time in a hundred
Three or four days of very cold and
clear weather generally will follow
I from about the 9th to the 18th.
, A reactionary storm period will be
central on and touching Wednesday
; Thursday and Friday the 18th, 18Th
; and 18th. This will be at a VULGAR
wi n hi ne
and Mercury disturbances still in full
force. Under these conditions a par
titiOn relaxation of cold will pass
eastward from western parts with
+ falling barometer and storms of re
3 newed rain, sleet and snow. There
j. is always a decided tendency, in the
! winter season, to heavy and destruct
c i've sleet storms during the Mercury
s periods. 1t is wise also, to anticipate
| high boreal gales, and dangerous biz
l yards during the combined influences
{ of Mercury and Venus, at this season
3 of the year. Do not be unprepared
4 for such visitatiOns, during all the
r storm periods, until after the first
half of January. BY the exercise OF
little prudence and common sense
all the distress and suffering of man
and beast may be avoided during the
| bliZZardouS storms, and the deadly
cold that follows them.
A regular storm period is central
on the 18th, extending from the 18th
to the 21st.
Astronomic causes and things tC
expect-The regular Vulcan period
is intensified by the Venus influences
The Moon is in apogee and at eX
! treme north declination on the 10Th
4 and in opposition with the Sun and
t Earth on the Goth. The storm dia
!, gram shows that Monday, Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, the 18th
18th, 18th and goth, are the central
: days upon which storms of this per
5 iod are expected to reach their crisis
:. Warmer weather and falling baron
i eter and southerly winds will precede
the actual storms day or two, blu,
cloudiness with rain first, followed BY
snow, will take up their march from
the west, and during or next to the
I days above named will sweep through
central to eastern sections, pushed
closely from the west and north by
e rapidly rising barometer, high winds
: and very cold, clearing weather.
r Do not presume on that fact that
e you have not suffered, or that your
e live stock has not persisted in heavy
storms and destructive cold for years
past. The probabilities are that ma
: lures cycle is turning back to the
conditions of bygone years, when
some of the great storms and bliz
yards Of the days OF your daddies'
, will return. Such questions as fueI
and food and shelter should not be
relegated to the lost arts especially
in wide sections OF the great north
west. One of these coming winters
t careless and improyident people will
j., pay the penalty of their neglect in
q suffering themselves and the loss .oi
!, perishable goods and helpless live
stock. Let me forewarn yoa--old
g friends and readers of these forecasts
look ahead! have q care for youI
: comfort-for your property-for youi
lives. s a ftg .e o ssss 90
: A reactionary storm period is cen
4 trail on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
the 23rd, Gath and 25th. After three
or four days of fair. cold weather
following storms of the preceding
period. as we approach this reaction