Local Weather Concerns:
STORMS: Any storm that forms today could contain heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and isolated damaging wind gusts.
An increased chance for storms begins again Sunday and extends into Monday. Once again, any storm that forms could be on the strong side.
MM Weather Watchers: I have the data sheet ready.
Friday Funny
Muppets Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog announce the end to their relationship on Twitter on August 4, 2015.
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On This Day
1882 – A vivid aurora was visible from Oregon to Maine, down the east coast as far as Mayport, Florida, and inland as far as Wellington, Kansas. Observers at Louisville, Kentucky, noted merry dancers across the sky, and observers at Saint Vincent, Minnesota, noted it was probably the most brilliant ever seen at that location.
1988 – Only a few seconds before ignition, a computer halts an engine test in preparation for the launch of the space shuttle Discovery. The shuttle engine’s computerized controllers determined that a valve was not closing fast enough and sent a major component failure command from the computer to all three engines, telling them not to fire. The test and computer system were part of NASA efforts to ensure the safety of Discovery, whose flight would be the first since the Challenger explosion in 1986.
