1900 - The greatest weather disaster in U.S. records occurred when a hurricane struck Galveston TX. A tide fifteen feet high washed over the island demolishing or carrying away buildings, and drowning more than 6000 persons. The hurricane destroyed more than 3600 houses, and total damage was more than thirty million dollars. Winds to 120 mph, and a twenty foot storm surge accompanied the hurricane. Following the storm, the surf was three hundred feet inland from the former water line. The hurricane claimed another 1200 lives outside of the Galveston area.
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Day: Patchy fog before 7am. Sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: Patchy fog after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 3 mph.
Day: Patchy fog before 10am. Sunny, with a high near 74. East wind around 3 mph.
Night: Patchy fog after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Southeast wind around 3 mph.
Day: Patchy fog before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Southeast wind around 2 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Southwest wind around 2 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind 2 to 8 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. North wind 2 to 7 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind around 3 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West wind around 2 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph.
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112 at Stovepipe Wells, CA
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Quechee is a census-designated place and one of five unincorporated villages in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 656. It is the site of Quechee Gorge on the Ottauquechee River and is also the home to the Quechee Lakes planned community, initiated in the late 1960s, which also brought to the community the small Quechee Lakes Ski Area in the 1970s.
Quechee was known for a picturesque covered bridge at the site of the old Quechee mill, which now houses the Simon Pearce glass-blowing facility and restaurant. The bridge was severely damaged by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011. The bridge has since been rebuilt.
Quechee has a small branch post office with zip code 05059.
The region was historically inhabited by tribes of the Abenaki people; evidence exists of an ancient Abenaki village at the site of Quechee, in addition to more recent Abenaki settlements and activity throughout Hartford.
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