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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
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Perry Office
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P.O. Box 1910
Pony, GA 31069
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Humidity fuels summer storm activity
By Rob Pavey
Morris News Service
They erupt - literally -
from thin air, and they van
ish just as quickly.
Thunderstorms are a fact
of life across the United
States, but they vary widely
in frequency and ferocity.
“There are actually three
distinct types of thunder
storms,” said Assistant State
Climatologist Pam Knox, of
the University of Georgia’s
Driftmier Engineering
Center.
The most common variety
is the air mass storm.
“It forms under light
winds, has moisture at the
surface and tends to form
in the afternoons when tem
peratures are warm,” she
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Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
Sun
7/22
92/70
Times of sun and
blouds. Highs in the
low 90s and lows in
the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:43 AM 8:40 PM
Sat
7/21
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High 92F. Winds
NNE at 5 to 10 mph.
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Albany 95 72 t-storm
Athens 91 65 sunny
Atlanta 88 65 sunny
Augusta 91 69 mst sunny
Bainbridge 101 76 t-storm
Brunswick 87 75 t-storm
Cartersvjlle 88 62 sunny
Chattanooga,TN 82 58 sunny
Columbus 90 69 pt sunny
Cordele 94 70 pt sunny
National Cities
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Atlanta 88 65 sunny
Boston 75 61 pt sunny
Chicago 78 56 pt sunny
Denver 91 64 pt sunny
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said.
Such storms account
for the majority of thun
derstorms recorded across
Georgia each year, she said.
“They tend to pop up here
and there and might last
half an hour,” Knox said.
A more organized system
is called a “multicell” thun
derstorm, which can form
along lines and is sometimes
associated with weather
fronts.
“They are more likely to
cause hail, and much more
likely to be severe and have
lots of lightning,” Knox said.
“They are very common in
places like eastern Colorado,
but of course we have them
here, too.”
The most dangerous vari
Mon
7/23
91/69
Partly cloudy,
chance of a thunder
storm.
Sunrise Sunset
6:43 AM 8:39 PM
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Dalton 87 61 sunny
Dillard 81 54 sunny
Dublin 94 68 pt sunny
Duluth 87 63 sunny
Gainesville 88 66 sunny
Helen 86 60 sunny
Lagrange 90 64 pt sunny
Macon 92 67 pt sunny
Marietta 87 62 sunny
Milledgeville 91 66 pt sunny
Houston 86 73 t-storm
Lbs Angbles 81 67 mst sunny
Miami 90 78 t-storm
Minneapolis 87 67 mst sunny
New York 80 64 pt sunny
ety, she said, is known as the
“super-cell” thunderstorm.
“These are strong storms,
and they tend to last an hour
or so,” Knox said. “They’re
associated with tall clouds
and deep convection. They
form on the most humid
days and are most likely to
form tornadoes.”
Across the state, thun
derstorm frequency varies
widely ~ from about 75 days
each year in south Georgia
to fewer than 50 days a year
in north Georgia, she said.
Augusta, with thunder
storms occurring an average
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Partly cloudy,
chance of a thunder
storm.
Sunrise Sunset
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Peachtree City 90 62 sunny
Perry 92 68 pt sunny
Rome 88 62 sunny
Savannah 91 72 t-storm
St. Simons Islandß7 75 t-storm
Statesboro 92 70 pt sunny
Thomasville 94 73 t-storm
Valdosta 92 71 t-storm
Warner Robins 92 68 pt sunny
Waycross 92 71 t-storm
City Hi Lo Cond.
Phoenix 103 87 pt sunny
San Francisco 79 60 pt sunny
Seattle 68 63 rain
St. Louis 83 64 sunny
Washington, DC 83 67 mst sunny
of 57 days each year, mim
ics the state average, as do
Athens and Atlanta.
Though weather watchers
often claim that some areas
are more prone to storms
than others, there is little
data to support such anec
dotal trends.
“Where severe weather
happens is often a matter
of perception,” Knox said.
“When it happens where
nobody is living, and nobody
sees it, it isn’t counted as
much. When you have a lot
of people watching, you’re
more likely to see severe
weather.”
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Scattered thunder
storms. Highs in the
mid 90s and lows in
the low 70s.
Sunrise Sunset
6:45 AM 8:38 PM
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Obituaries
SOL “SHORTY” GRAY
Sol “Shorty” Gray of Houston County, Warner Robins
demised on July 16th at Houston Medical Center after an
extended illness.
He is survived by his longtime friend and caregiver,
Nora E. Reese, father, Bobby Lee Gray, Sr. one daughter,
Mary Ann Garmon 2 grandchildren Drucila
Garmon and Mone’ Thomas, 4 sisters-Annie
Bell Brown (Julius), Georgia Mae Hampton, |LJPLJwf|
Betty Jean Gray, Mae Laney; 3 brothers,
Bobby Lee Gray, Jr. (Pearlie), Johnny Gray,
Paul (Diane) Gray, several nieces, nephews,
Dust to Dawn Ministries staff and resi
dents, Endtime Harvest Church family and
pastor, 25 year employer Thomas Mason, __ Q
Thomas Mason,lnc. 5 godchildren-Robert L..t ZJ
“Bobby” Laughlin, Jr. Malinda Laughlin, GRAY
Krystal Battle of Warner Robins, Rosylyn
Davis, Chesapeake, Virginia and Eric Davis,
Key West Florida.
Arrangements have been scheduled for Saturday, July
22, 2007, 1:00pm at Endtime Harvest Church, 114 Bell St.
Warner Robins, Ga. Family visitation will be held Friday
July 20th, 2007-7:oopm to 9:00 at Nelson’s Memorial
Mortuary, 501 Elberta Rd, Warner Robins, Ga. The remains
will lie in state at Endtime Harvest Church on Saturday
12:00 noon to time of services. The family is accepting, visits
and calls with friends daily 6-7 pm through Thursday at
Dust to Dawn Ministries, 414 Curtis Street, Warner Robins,
and can be contacted at 478-929-5044.
Services are scheduled for Saturday 1 pm at Endtime
Harvest Church, 114 Bell St., Warner Robins, Ga. Rev.
Melvin Womack, pastor.
Nelson’s Memorial Mortuary of Warner Robins Is in
charge of the arrangements.
Farmer free on bail following
alledged pot harvest
By Terry Dickson
Morris News Service
BRUNSWICK (MNS)
- A Coffee County farmer
accused of having marijuana
on his farm was released on
bond Thursday to harvest
his legal crops.
U.S. Magistrate James
Graham found probable
cause for George D. Harper,
who has two convictions in
marijuana-growing, opera
tions, to appear before
Senior U.S. District Judge B.
Avant Edenfield. It will be
up to Edenfield to determine
whether Harper should be
sent back to prison for vio
lating his probation.
“Despite the fact I may
get chewed out about this,”
Graham said of his decision
to allow Harper to remain
free.
Federal probation officer
David Paga said he and a
federal agent found nine
potted marijuana plants on
Tuesday sitting beside tobac
co curing barns at Harper’s
family farm in the Ambrose
community.
Harper has been convicted
twice on marijuana charg
es, once for plants seized in
Coffee County and later for
activity in neighboring Irwin
County. For his most recent
on a charge of conspiring
to manufacture marijuana,
Harper was sentenced Dec.
18, 2003, to 60 months in
prison followed by five years
supervised release. He was
just freed from prison March
4.
After his arrest Tuesday,
Harper appeared before
Graham in an initial appear
ance. As other defendants
appeared before Graham
then, Harpers sat despon
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dently with his head resting
in his hands. He pleaded
with Graham on Tuesday to
let him harvest his crops and
did again Thursday.
Harper said he has about
80 acres of corn and about
10 acres of squash growing
on his bedridden mother’s
240-acre farm.
“I’ve got to get my corn
combined,” and the squash
is about a week from har
vest, he said.
He must harvest the crop
to raise money to repay a
crop loan taken out by his
mother, Harper said.
Harper testified that three
acquaintances, whom he
refused to let swim unattend
ed in his pool, have bragged
around Ambrose that they
set him up. They had also
ridden go karts and off-road
vehicles on the farm, Harper
said.
Both Harper’s wife, Cathy
Harper, and longtime family
friend Vickie Lott testified
that they had been around
the tobacco barns recent
ly and seen no marijuana
plants.
After Graham ordered him
released until his next court
date, Harper stood with his
chin trembling.
He and his father, George
Harper, both were convicted
of growing marijuana. The
elder Harper died about two
years ago.
In an interview with the
Times-Union in the 19905,
George Harper said he grew
marijuana only to raise cash
to save his struggling farm.
He also boasted that Georgia
Bureau of Investigation
agents said, “that was some
of the prettiest marijuana
they had ever seen.”
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