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Throughout his career and until his death in 2008 Cunningham retained responsibility for the Kent Island weather station he had first set up in 1937. Observations were taken during the summer by staff and students of the Bowdoin College scientific station, and during the rest of the year by the station's resident warden. [7]
Gillingham Fire Brigade: W: 11 July 1929: The Gillingham Fair fire disaster; every year at the Gillingham Fete, the Gillingham Fire Brigade had a mock three-story house built in which one fireman would play a bride and another the bridegroom. They would entertain a crowd inside the house and deliberately set a small fire from which everyone ...
A fire rescue demonstration structure, Gillingham Park (undated) Each summer in the 1920s, a fair was organized in Gillingham Park to raise funds for the local St Bartholomew's Hospital. The traditional highlight of the event, which took place at the end of the festivities, was a demonstration of firefighting and rescue by the Gillingham Fire ...
The cold conditions have caused deaths, pipes to burst, road closures and power outages over the past few days that officials say they are assessing. Weather update: Low water pressure, heating ...
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This sobering statistic underscores a 117 percent surge in heat-related deaths since 1999, with over 20,000 lives claimed by blistering temperatures over the past two decades.
Kent started doing weather forecasts on radio and TV in the Boston area in 1937. He developed and applied his weather forecasting skills while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II era, where he achieved the rank of chief petty officer. After the war and for many years, he appeared on WBZ (AM) radio and WBZ-TV. [1] [3]
Eyes on Schools: How more winter weather could complicate JCPS' school calendar This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Winter storms kill 5 in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear says