On August 8, 1967... Las Vegas was hit by two storms which bore in from the south and covered a 50-square-mile area. Damage was estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Showboat Hotel on Boulder Highway was forced to close its casino, restaurant, and showroom when muddy floodwaters invaded through the kitchen doors, passed clearly through the large building and out the front doors. At Caesars Palace on the Strip, a casino boss said the water was deep enough in the front of the hotel to swim in. On August 8, 1989... The highest wind gust ever recorded in Las Vegas occurred on this date. Winds gusting to 90 mph were recorded at McCarran International Airport which received most of the damage. Forty two airplanes were damaged at McCarran while another 22 aircraft were damaged at Sky Harbor Airport in Henderson. Damage estimates reached $42 million. Also on this date, runoff from thunderstorms in the mountains resulted in two feet of mud to wash onto Highway 395 near Lone Pine, CA closing the highway for 12 hours. Just north and south of the junction of Highways 395 and 190, runoff from mountain thunderstorms covered the highways with water and mud. One mile of the Los Angles Aqueduct was filled with debris. On August 8, 1973... FOX5 Chief Meterologist, Ted Pretty, was born in Peoria, Illinois.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:00:01 +0000