Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-01-11
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Editor Globe: What do we do with
false (weather) prophets? l call your
attention to the forecast made by A.
j. DeVoe of Hackensack, who is a
meteOrolOgist. That's what makes it
SO amusing. If an amateur had fore
told the weather he could not have
missed it more perfectly. Mr.. DeVOe
was about 80 per cent. wrong; other
wise he is good forecaster, we must
admit. AS an amateur, l predict that
we are going to have cold January
and that there will be 81 days OF
weather. 1t is going to be very cold
some days and much colder on some
others. The nights will be much cold
err OvercOats will be in demand and
skating will be INDUCED in by all those
who skate. Now just watch and see if
! don't come nearer to it than Mr..
DeVoe If l don't l am willing to eat
all the snowballs the boys made last
December.
Yours, weather right or wrong,
JULIUS REICH.
New York, January l.
Editor Globe: Your issue of No
vember 80 contained the prediction of
A. J. DeVoe of Hackensack of the
weather for the month of December
l venture to give you the following
brief summary of his predictions and
actual weather conditions:
1. This winter December will be
our coolest MONTH 1t was one of the
mildeSt DEFENDERS on record.
=. "On the first of December the
off the South Atlantic States and move
right across the Atlantic, bringing Eng
land and western Europe terrific
blizzard from the first to the fifth, and
blocking Europe with snow"
The storm failed to come, and the
only mention of snow in Europe which
I have seen in the dispatches was that
blenz on the morning of December "A.
melting before afternoon.
3. eff the President leaves on the Sd
the vessel will be right in the wake of
that storm and will have a bowling
Northwestern all the way over, and they
ought to make the trip in five days"
There were fairly strong northwest
winds, but dispatches stated that the
trip was one of the smoothest for the
season. The trip took 10 days.
4. 1.-The first half of December will
be very cold here, but the heaviest
snowstorms will be over Europe" The
weather, as stated above, was unusual
ly mild
5. 1.-The most important storm of the
month will form over the lower Mis-
sissippi valley on the 18th and move
this way, bringing heavy rains and fill
ing the reservoirs
We had light rains on the 18th, 18th
and 18th, and not enough rain fell to
be noticeable in our ponds and reser-
voirs.
6. "On the 10th it will turn very cold
and the boys will have fine skating"
The 10Th and succeeding days were
very mild and there has been no skat-
ing to date.
Z. "On the 22d prepare for big
snowstOrm"
During the entire month we had-Only
a couple of light fiurries of snow, and
at no time has any lain on the ground.
s. 1.-The month will close very cold"
Yesterday and today Goth and 31s)
were mild and almost springlike.
1t will be seen from the foregoing
that Mr.. DeVOe has failed in practical
ly 100 per cent. of his predictions.
which would seem to indicate that
guessing the weather is still an uncer-
tain piece of business. +. ID. BELL.
Freeport, l.. l., December 81.
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