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: Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. North wind 3 to 9 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 8 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 79.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA
Sat's Low Temperature
23 at 16 Miles West Of Redfeather Lakes, CO