January 1958 was characterized by major southward migration of upper-level westerlies into the subtropics (an index cycle) in the Western Hemisphere. Near mid- month an almost record-breaking blocking anticyclone consolidated in Davis Strait, causing a succession of “northeasters” to stagnate off New England. These conditions persistently deployed cold polar air into the southeastern United States. …
January 6, 1839 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem was inspired by the Blizzard of 1839, which ravaged the North Shore for 12 hours, starting on January 6, 1839. Twenty ships and forty lives were lost during the storm. The probable subject of the story is the schooner Favorite, which sank on a rock called …
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The Texas schooner Liberty was purchased by the Texas government in Galveston on January 5, 1836, for the sum of $3,500 and was christened the Liberty. She was thus the first ship of the Texas Navy. Liberty was one of the four schooners of the First Texas Navy (1836–1838). She served in the Texas Navy …
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The five masted schooner Nancy ran aground on Nantasket Beach on February 20, 1927. Osceola James led the Massachusetts Humane Society volunteers in rowing the surfboat Nantasket to rescue one last time, although the Nancy’s crew were in no real danger. After efforts to remove the vessel proved unsuccessful, the Nancy became a tourist attraction. …
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