Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1910 — Hicks Promises a Stormy Month During March. [ARTICLE]

Hicks Promises a Stormy Month During March.

—SfofcJrl Hicks can’t see anything for March weather, but storms, blizzards and continuing cold. He says that a regular storm period will begin the first day of March and last until the third. At the close, we can for bhzzardous changes to high northerly gales, with cold wayes sweeping from the northwest far Into the Mouth and east. This will continue until the eighth to the tenth. The next regular storm period is central on the twelfth, at which time the moon is on the Celestial Equator an<l in conjunction with the earth and sun, the exact center of the greatest magnetic and electric perturbation of the wholo year. West India storms are -entirely probable in central to southern parts, causing vicious thunderstorms and tornadoes. A blizzard out of the northwest will be natural on the western flank of these storms. The public is also cautioned to watch for volcanic and earthquake reports. The storm chart also shows that on the 17th to the 21st it will change to much colder, followed by blizzards of sleet and snow that will travel from west to ea,st from the 24th to the 27th. The month ends with of rain, sleet and snow, and a general and severe cold wave. On March 9th to 15th will be abnormal magnetic and electric currents and maximum flashes of aurora lights in the northern regions.