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: Sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind around 15 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 56. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 89. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 91.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 93.
Night: Clear, with a low around 65.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 93.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 94.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Sat's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA and Stovepipe Wells, CA and 16 Miles Southwest Of Tecopa, CA
Sun's Low Temperature
28 at 2 Miles East Southeast Of Hazen, ND
Banks Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1136. It is located near the center of Caldwell Parish 2 miles (3 km) south of Columbia, the parish seat, and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Grayson. The CDP includes the neighborhood of Columbia Heights.
U.S. Route 165 passes through the center of Banks Springs, leading north 34 miles (55 km) to Monroe and southwest 62 miles (100 km) to Alexandria.
The community was home to one of the Rosenwald Schools in the 19th-century.
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