1970 - A lightning bolt struck a group of football players at Gibbs High School in Saint Petersburg FL, killing two persons and injuring 22 others. All the thirty-eight players and four coaches were knocked off their feet.
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Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 82. East wind around 0 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 60.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 88.
Night: Clear, with a low around 65.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 90.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA and 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA
Sun's Low Temperature
28 at 2 Miles East Southeast Of Hazen, ND
Ashland is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, Texas, United States. It is situated on Texas State Highway 154. Before the American Civil War, its coast with Cypress Creek was used by freighters to collect cargo. A post office operated from 1894 to 1921, and was originally named Asbury until being renamed to Ashland in 1902. It peaked from the 1890s to the 1910s, with its highest recorded population being 250, c. 1914. Its population gradually declined following World War I, and as of 2000, 45 people resided in the town, up from 20 in 1990.
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