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treme wind chills of 40 to 70 below zero. Many schools, college classes, and activities were canceled for the day. Travel was also greatly affected.
• 1996: A Summit man died from exposure to the extreme cold after his vehicle became stuck in the snow. The man attempted to walk for help and was found about one mile from his car in the driveway of a home about a mile and a half west and one mile south of Summit. Temperatures in Summit were in the teens all day, dropping to near zero by the morning of the 9th.
• 1963: A Boeing 707 exploded near Elkton, MD killing 81. Lightning is believed to have caused the explosion of residual fuel vapor in one of the outboard wing tanks as the plane passed through a vicious, out-of-season thunderstorm.
• 2002: Super Typhoon Pongsona devastated Guam with sustained winds of 180 mph. It destroyed 2,000 homes. Electricity and water were shut off. Schools were closed and transformed into emergency shelters. Cars were flipped and stacked three high.