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« on: May 31, 2010, 07:07:11 PM »
It is May 31st, and historically this date has not been kind as far as mother nature goes to the state of Pennsylvania.
121 years ago today, a massive dam, called the South Fork, collapsed 14 miles north of the city of Johnstown, sending with it an enormous wall of water which wiped out the city with 2,200 fatalities.
25 years ago today, the state's worst tornado outbreak occurred, with an F5 twister leveling the towns of Wheatland and Hermatige, after leveling, Niles, in neighboring Ohio.
By no means are these the only two times that severe weather has occurred in the the Keystone State on this date. 1998 was another year. Could someone list all the years that a significant severe weather event occurred anywhere in Pennsylvania? Even today, serious flooding is taking place near the city of Lancaster.