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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist Mike McCormick, co-author of a study on Lake Michigan’s deep water temperatures, stands on an instrument buoy in southern Lake Michigan. Image: NOAA GLERL
By Brandon Chew
The Great Lakes region should expect shorter winters, according to a long-term deep water temperature study of Lake Michigan by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
The agency has a cable with multiple temperature sensors attached to a buoy in Lake Michigan. It stretches nearly 500 feet to the bottom of the lake. The device, known as a thermistor string, has been recording subsurface water temperatures since 1990.
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Jan. 31
1922 Prohibition triggers wave of alcohol poisonings as people try to imbibe raw wood alcohol and ethanol based drinks, also called canned heat . The Toledo Health Department reports 300 poisonings and 20 deaths from the previous year.
1932 Toledo Fire Department ladder truck and a city bus collide on Collingwood Boulevard, killing two Toledo firemen. They are identified as Captain Andrew Flynn and Bernard Orzechowski of Number 16 Hook and Ladder Co.
Feb. 1
1921 Community Traction Company begins operations with electric street car operations in Toledo.
1936 Toledo first grader Barb Lamont celebrates her sixth birthday with a bullet in her brain after she had been shot 18 months before. Doctors fear surgery might do more harm than good. The young girl is reported to be doing well in school.