Not exactly him, but Hurricane George in 1947 did have quite a punch. Hurricane George hit Fort Lauderdale, FL Sept. 17th as a major hurricane with max sustained winds of 155 MPH. Sept. 19, 1947, Hurricane George "eyes" New Orleans, LA as the eye passed over the city and impacting it with category 3 hurricane strength winds.
Taking a step back in the past. Way back in the past. In 1825 the largest forest fire in North America occurred on this day claiming over 3 million acres from Maine to New Brunswick, Canada. Now that was a hot mess.
Fast-forwarding into more recent times, in 1983, the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S. experienced a substantial heat wave where Reading, PA saw a high of 95 degrees! Other "hot spot"s were New York (Central Park), NY; Wilmington, DE; and Baltimore, MD who saw a high of 94. This same system caused a blizzard in the Rockies and even dropped the temperature to -6 in West Yellowstone, MT. To make it even more amazing, Denver, CO went from a sunny day at 86 degrees to a chilly 35 degrees with snow in 7 hours.
I guess the Chattem Co. was onto something.
Nine years later, a ferocious surge of cold air hit The Great Plains where Valentine, NE saw a low of 17 degrees!
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