Tag: weather
Man and 2 Horses Killed by Lightning Near New Salem
As a violent electrical storm swept across the farmland northwest of New Salem in 1914, Ernest Bohnke hurried to get two frightened horses into the…
Before Weather Apps, Some Families Watched a Frog Climb a Ladder
Long before modern forecasts were available at the touch of a button, some households in Germany and Switzerland looked to a small green tree frog…
Lightning Bolt Knocked House From Its Foundation in Kreischerville
A lightning strike in Kreischerville did more than knock bricks from a chimney. It tore through a house and left the building shifted from its…
Gale Blows Roller-Skating Girls Into Automobile
A powerful gale tore through Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay in April 1916, leaving behind a trail of wreckage on land and water. Newspapers reported…
Large hailstones killed livestock and pierced through corrugated iron roofs
Hailstorms have historically demonstrated their capacity to wreak havoc, transcending borders and challenging the resilience of both man-made structures and the natural world. A notable…
Strange 1895 Report of Ball Lightning
Ball lightning is rare and fascinating. It is also seldom reported, so when we came across this report of ball lightning from 1895, we knew…
