Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1890 — Splitting a Hurricane. [ARTICLE]

Splitting a Hurricane.

Readers who live in regions which suffer from tornadoes and cyclones should take a hint from a little story published in a Maine newspaper. Almost anything can be done by an ingenious man—if he is strong enough. A farmer saw a hurricane coming straight towards his barn. Something must be done without delay. He seized two boards, and, standing before the barn, held them as tightly as possible with the ends together in front of him, so that they made a sort of wedge. In this way he spread the hurricane apart, and it took off only the two corners of the barn.