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...great, spongy mass of warm, wet air ordinarily hangs over Australia and Indonesia, while the eastern side of the Pacific is covered with relatively dry, cool air. Not so in 1983. A high-pressure pattern is locked over Australia, while the South American coast is awash with heavy, humid air. Says Eugene Rasmusson, chief climate analyst of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): "Every few years there is a seesaw effect, and there are dramatic results around the earth...
...feeling hit me as soon as I turned the corner onto St. Peter Street, a pounding in the chest that was as familiar as the humid embrace of a New Orleans summer night. It grew stronger as I crossed Royal Street and saw the two battered music cases hanging over a wrought-iron gate. Brass letters on them spelled out the words PRESERVATION HALL. I heard a bass drum, a sprinkle of piano notes and the growl of a trumpet driving home a blues chorus...
Lois Brommer made her Crimson debut with style, smashing the course record with new mark of 17:50.46. The Mechanicsbury, Pa-freshman lived up to her sterling national ranking among cross country runners with a hard fought victory in humid, 70 degree weather. Dogging her every step was sophomore Jenny Stricker, who held on throughout the fully 3.1 mile course to finish second with a 17.52 clocking...
...humid summer night, and as usual a crowd is stationed outside the stage door of Manhattan's Palace Theater. There are restraining barriers and a policeman or two, but they do not prevent pandemonium when she comes out. Autograph hounds demand her signature, and as her limousine pulls away, men thrust their cards through the window. "Give me a call, Raquel," says one pudgy fan with a wink. She smiles and passes his name on to her husband, Andre Weinfeld. "This one," she says, "is an accountant...
...through the humid night rescue workers placed charred bodies and parts of bodies into black bags and lifted the bags into huge refrigerated trucks. Eight of the victims had been found amid their devastated houses. None of the passengers survived. Said Dr. Robert Muller, a police medical officer: "People were trapped in their seats. Children were clasping hands with adults...