Evening journal., 1919-07-23
FAIR IS PROMISE
OF WEATHER MAN;
WHO WHO BELIEVES BELIEVES IT?
lContInued from FIrst Pace J


according TO the Weather Man, should
begin TO feel the effects Of that high
area bringing fair weather from the
West.
With the end OF the wet spell-if IL
should come today-"nnis" will be
written at the conclusion OF a period
that has given Wilmington more rain
Z IN July than any previous month since
rainfall records have been kept. July
which according TO Mr.. Weather Man.
is ordinarily the wettest month Of the
year, has lived up 10 expectations this
year, If never before. Up 10 8 O'Clock
today ii08 inches OF rainfall have been
registered this month, and old 81.
Swithin may he now rest in peace)
| has had no little hand IN raising the
average. From his anniversary on
/ July t5 TO the present date 1888 inches
OF rain have fallen.
II might be said In truth that the
Old saint has done himself proud this
year. a glance at the figure for the
last few years will show how he piled
II up this year. In 1918 the rainfall
from July i5 TO % was .3i inches: in
1917 IL was los; in 1916 It was 50; in
1915 1t was 40 and in 1914 the fall for
the time was only .0i of an inch
Taking the average rainfall for the
month Of July, which is about inches,
as a standard. July this year will stand
out as the ''wetlest' ever. The very
weitest July on record at the Weather
Bureau was that Of 1869. when about
II inches Of rainfall fell. That was
the year Of the JohnstoNn flood The
driest on record was in 1910 when 80
inches was registered.
The Cause Of II AL
Just what has made this "wet"
July this year, as explained by the !
Weather Man. might be interesting. /
The first part OF July, it will be re- |
membered was beautiful" A little /
bit warm. it is true. but then there !
was a shower on the 9Th and another
on the 10th that served 10 break the I
monotony of the hot spell
Then just when st. Swiihin's Day !
was approaching on July f. a "high !
pressure area" which. generally speak
ing. means fair and warmer weather. |
arrived off the Atlantic Seaboard and
proceeded 10 anchor absorbing mois-
iure from the ocean by the bucketfuls.
The winds blowing from the east bore
the moisture-laden atmosphere over
the land which naturally being OF
higher elevation and cooler tempera-
ture. acted as a condenser and St
Swithin's Day ran true TO form with
the FIRST downpour OF the wet spell
This "old high" continued practically II
at anchor out in the Atlantic, sending
I'm tons Of moisture which was i'm
mediately changed into rain upon
reaching land and we "got soaked"
Along about Sunday an area OF low
which means a storm area,
came in from the southwest and SET
tied down over Ohio and the Lake
region. Between this "low' and the
high" out on the Atlantic Is the
trough" and we are in IT,
Now along comes that other high
from the West, which should arrive In
Wilmington today and upon it and the
fact that the low" over the Lake
region has moved north into Canada,
the Weather Man bases his prognosti-
cations for the end Of the wet spell
He "dopes 10 out" that the Western
"high" is stronger than the Eastern
"high." ." and that the wind will change
from the east to the west and north
west and blow that troublesome east
arn high out to sea
Then viii come fair weather.
Few residents can recall the Brandy
wine higher than It was yesterday
afternoon. At one time late I'm the
afternoon the water in the creek was
within six feet Of the race. This would II
Indicate that the stream was from u
% - feet higher than normal Trees
llong the edge Of the creek were in
10 10 feet of water. and in many in
stances the branches Of trees were III
irooping in the stream.
The water had gone down consider
lble this morning, indicating less rain
all up the creek
Large quantities Of drift wood and Il
,ther debris are coming down the II
,tream and an occasional bit Of lumber. II
Several people near Eleventh street II
,ridge yesterday succeeded IN saving II
Iuite a bit Of drlftwood, which will ( H
come in handy for fuel next j
winter. n
The water did not get hlgh enough H
o do any damage at Bancroft mills. al II
hough at several times it was feared II
{ would reach the mill. AZ Henry Clay Il
II one time yesterday afternoon IL was II
ip 10 the steps Of some of the houses.
The service Of, the Diamond state h
telephone Company is still greatly i'm II
aired. Manager Bardo stated this il
morning, while the service of many N
Ihones has been restored since yester- X
lay, probably an equal number had II
one out since that time so that the IL
lumber actually out OF service is about II
he same as yesterday which was
bout 900. II
The Wilmington and Philadelphia
traction Company, It was stated had
made temporary repairs along all the II
lines where there were u
yashOuts sufficient 10 operate cars II
Though schedules can not be main II
aimed in all Instances. 70 will re- II
llire weeks to repair all the damage Il
one to the lines. In number OF II
ases hundreds Of loads Of ballast was
Washed away and all OF this viii have
o be restored II
Hundreds Of cellars n different sec
ions Of the city are still flooded. Con- II
itions are much improved along the II
auseway but there is still large |.
mount OF wafer there.
The county authorities are receiving III
lany reports as TO damage done to the II
Dads, especially dirt roads. but it will III
e several days before an estimate IAN y
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