Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1907 — HAS THE WEATHER MAN GONE ON A STRIKE? [ARTICLE]

HAS THE WEATHER MAN GONE ON A STRIKE?

\JPhe weather in this locality has, tb x use a slang expression, been something fierce for some time, and this week has pretty near capped the climax. Snow to the depth of about eight inches — the heaviest fall of the season — came Tuesday night, a damp, heavy, snow. This was followed by a cold rain Wednesday and Wednesday night, and freezing on to everything exposed at night caused a great deal of damage to telephone wires, etc., nearly putting the lines out of service Thursday. A telephone pole or two were broken in town and wires were down in all directions. Thursday was warm enough to melt off the ice and remove most of the snow in the traveled roadways. The country roads were in about the worst condition they had been for years before this storm came, and it will only add to the “horribleness” of it aLL. But, while we are experiencing a little inconvenience here in this section of Indiana, it is not a circumstance to what they are getting in other places. Even in southern Indiana they are having lots of damage from floods and the Ohio river is reported having cut a new channel which may leave some of the prominent river cities inland towns. In the northwest snow storms and blockades are creating much distress, so we have not such great cause to complain here after all.