Pat Shingleton for October 20, 2009
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When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their trek to the Pacific Ocean, President Thomas Jefferson made sure they were well-supplied. Along with the best Kentucky rifles, powder horns and lead shot, their supplies included portable soup, fish hooks, mosquito netting, flints, the finest navigation tools, a microscope and cloth for trading. Lewis and Clark’s journals noted a variety of flora and fauna unknown to science. They carried three thermometers into a part of America where meteorological observations had never been reported. Their notes included the number of rainy, cloudy and clear days along with lightning, snow, hail, ice, seasonal prevailing winds and plants and animals.
Fastcast: One more beauty.
Sunny, with a high near 78. Easterly winds between 5 mph and 10 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Easterly winds around 5 mph becoming calm.
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