700626
Title
700626
Date
1970-06-26
Text
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May 26, 1970
Dr. Sprinkle
The Editor, Virginian-Pilot Newspaper
The Editor, Ledger-Star Newspaper
Larry Maddry
Mrs. N. Dyer, Court Reporter
About ten days ago...when it was hot, and hadn't rained for two months...and the crops hereabouts were in danger of being lost...I wrote you and informed you I would save the crops by bringing rain...not just rain...but I would "inundate and soak the area", drown it out, so to speak...and my proof of this, that the storms would be my own "Ted Owens Specials" would be powerful lightning attacks.
Last night you had your second "Ted Owens Special" storm. About 3 inches of rain flooded down. Does it follow the pattern I specified in my "prediction" letter to you of ten days ago? It certainly does. I'll now quote from the newspaper, Virginian-Pilot:
"A storm punctuated by severe lightning dumped more than 2 1/2 inches of rain on Tidewater Thursday....Thunderstorms covered 75 percent of the state Thursday....this was unusual, even if not phenomenal....The intensity of the rainfall flooded streets and low-lying sections, creating instant lakes and headaches throughout the four South Hampton Roads cities....Lightning set off a multitude of small fires in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach....A freak bolt of lightning caused damage in three widely separate spots at the home of Hubert Bass on Pelley Drive in Norfolk. Bass said the bolt knocked a hoke through a garage wall at one end of the five-bedroom brick house, damaged another wall at the opposite end, and shattered a low brick wall he had been building around a tree about 6 feet away from the house...In Virginia Beach fire officials reported that lightning hit the Lakeville Estates apartments at Indian River Road near Military Highway and struck several residences....Power failures were widespread, mostly the result of lightning striking transformers....Norfolk police reported heavy flooding at all underpasses. The water was 4 1/2 feet deep in places, they said....the deluge left eight automobiles stranded in the underpass on Tidwater Drive at Virginia Beach Boulevard and water was over the top of car wheels on Tidewater Drive around the 2nd Precinct, police said."
All right. So far, so good. Within ten days time I've made two knock-down drag-out storms..."signatured" by my trademark, lightning attacks. And I think surely that the crops must be safe by now...my primary goal. Secondary goal, to give a real demonstration to this area, Mattry et al of the SI's power, when called in by me to do a job.
You've got one of the biggest news stories of all time...and you're sitting on it. That in itself...is significant.
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Box 3134 CHS
Norfolk, Virginia 23514
Owens
P.S. You can expect a lot more "Ted Owens Specials" from now on, this summer. The point is to bring the truth of this out to the public... when that is done, there'll be no more point to any more specials.
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A2 Virginian-Pilot, Friday, June 26, 1970
Data From U.S. WEATHER BUREAU - ESSA
FORECAST
Figures Show High Temperatures Expected For Daytime Friday
Isolated Precipitation Not Indicated - Consult Local Forecast
Rains to Continu
More thunderstorms, some with strong and gusty winds, are in the offing for storm-struck but re- freshed Tidewater today.
Thursday night's sharp series of storms, some with pea-sized hail downtown, left 2.65 inches of rain in Norfolk to 11:15 p.m. and raised June's total to 3.49 inches. Downtown streets were like run- ning rivers at the peak of the downpours. Winds gusted to 40 m.p.h. at Norfolk Airport.
More drought-breaking rains are likely. The forecast is for partly cloudy weather tonight and Saturday, but with a continu- ing (50 per cent) chance of thun- dershowers.
The high today is to be in the 80s; the low tonight in and high Saturday aga 80s.
Strong and gusty winds ly in some thunderstorm wise, between showers, v to be variable at 10 to 1 through Saturday.
Heavy thunderstorms along and south of a st front that extended 1 night from the Atlanti Southern Maryland to center over north-centra ia. A particularly sever truck the Newport Nev high) area between 5 an Wind gusts were estimat 70 m.p.h.
in Norfolk. Bass said the bolt knocked a hole through one end of the five-bedroom brick house, damaged another opposite end, and shattered a low brick wall he had been building around a tree about 6 feet away from the house...In Virginia Beach fire officials reported that lightning hit the Lakeville Estates apartments at Indian River Road near Military Highway and struck several power failures were widespread, mostly the result of lightning striking transformers... Norfolk police reported heavy flooding at all underpasses. The water was 4 1/2 feet deep in places, they said....the deluge left eight automobiles stranded in the underpass on Tidwater Beach Boulevard and water was over the top of car wheels on Tidewater Drive around the 2nd Precinct, police said."
All right. So far, so good. Within ten days time I've made two knock-down drag-out storms..."signatured" by my trademark, lightning attacks. And I think surely that the crops must be safe by now...my primary goal. Secondary goal, to give a real demonstration to this area, Nattry et al of the SI's power, when called in by me to do a job.
You've got one of the biggest news stories of all time...and you're sitting on it. That in itself...is significant.
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Box 3134 CBS
Norfolk, Virginia 23514
Owens
P.S. You can expect a lot more "Ted Owens Specials" from now on, this summer. The point is to bring the truth of this out to the public... when that is done, there'll be no more point to any more specials.
May 26, 1970
Dr. Sprinkle
The Editor, Virginian-Pilot Newspaper
The Editor, Ledger-Star Newspaper
Larry Maddry
Mrs. N. Dyer, Court Reporter
About ten days ago...when it was hot, and hadn't rained for two months...and the crops hereabouts were in danger of being lost...I wrote you and informed you I would save the crops by bringing rain...not just rain...but I would "inundate and soak the area", drown it out, so to speak...and my proof of this, that the storms would be my own "Ted Owens Specials" would be powerful lightning attacks.
Last night you had your second "Ted Owens Special" storm. About 3 inches of rain flooded down. Does it follow the pattern I specified in my "prediction" letter to you of ten days ago? It certainly does. I'll now quote from the newspaper, Virginian-Pilot:
"A storm punctuated by severe lightning dumped more than 2 1/2 inches of rain on Tidewater Thursday....Thunderstorms covered 75 percent of the state Thursday....this was unusual, even if not phenomenal....The intensity of the rainfall flooded streets and low-lying sections, creating instant lakes and headaches throughout the four South Hampton Roads cities....Lightning set off a multitude of small fires in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach....A freak bolt of lightning caused damage in three widely separate spots at the home of Hubert Bass on Pelley Drive in Norfolk. Bass said the bolt knocked a hoke through a garage wall at one end of the five-bedroom brick house, damaged another wall at the opposite end, and shattered a low brick wall he had been building around a tree about 6 feet away from the house...In Virginia Beach fire officials reported that lightning hit the Lakeville Estates apartments at Indian River Road near Military Highway and struck several residences....Power failures were widespread, mostly the result of lightning striking transformers....Norfolk police reported heavy flooding at all underpasses. The water was 4 1/2 feet deep in places, they said....the deluge left eight automobiles stranded in the underpass on Tidwater Drive at Virginia Beach Boulevard and water was over the top of car wheels on Tidewater Drive around the 2nd Precinct, police said."
All right. So far, so good. Within ten days time I've made two knock-down drag-out storms..."signatured" by my trademark, lightning attacks. And I think surely that the crops must be safe by now...my primary goal. Secondary goal, to give a real demonstration to this area, Mattry et al of the SI's power, when called in by me to do a job.
You've got one of the biggest news stories of all time...and you're sitting on it. That in itself...is significant.
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Box 3134 CHS
Norfolk, Virginia 23514
Owens
P.S. You can expect a lot more "Ted Owens Specials" from now on, this summer. The point is to bring the truth of this out to the public... when that is done, there'll be no more point to any more specials.
=== **Page: 2 of 2**
A2 Virginian-Pilot, Friday, June 26, 1970
Data From U.S. WEATHER BUREAU - ESSA
FORECAST
Figures Show High Temperatures Expected For Daytime Friday
Isolated Precipitation Not Indicated - Consult Local Forecast
Rains to Continu
More thunderstorms, some with strong and gusty winds, are in the offing for storm-struck but re- freshed Tidewater today.
Thursday night's sharp series of storms, some with pea-sized hail downtown, left 2.65 inches of rain in Norfolk to 11:15 p.m. and raised June's total to 3.49 inches. Downtown streets were like run- ning rivers at the peak of the downpours. Winds gusted to 40 m.p.h. at Norfolk Airport.
More drought-breaking rains are likely. The forecast is for partly cloudy weather tonight and Saturday, but with a continu- ing (50 per cent) chance of thun- dershowers.
The high today is to be in the 80s; the low tonight in and high Saturday aga 80s.
Strong and gusty winds ly in some thunderstorm wise, between showers, v to be variable at 10 to 1 through Saturday.
Heavy thunderstorms along and south of a st front that extended 1 night from the Atlanti Southern Maryland to center over north-centra ia. A particularly sever truck the Newport Nev high) area between 5 an Wind gusts were estimat 70 m.p.h.
in Norfolk. Bass said the bolt knocked a hole through one end of the five-bedroom brick house, damaged another opposite end, and shattered a low brick wall he had been building around a tree about 6 feet away from the house...In Virginia Beach fire officials reported that lightning hit the Lakeville Estates apartments at Indian River Road near Military Highway and struck several power failures were widespread, mostly the result of lightning striking transformers... Norfolk police reported heavy flooding at all underpasses. The water was 4 1/2 feet deep in places, they said....the deluge left eight automobiles stranded in the underpass on Tidwater Beach Boulevard and water was over the top of car wheels on Tidewater Drive around the 2nd Precinct, police said."
All right. So far, so good. Within ten days time I've made two knock-down drag-out storms..."signatured" by my trademark, lightning attacks. And I think surely that the crops must be safe by now...my primary goal. Secondary goal, to give a real demonstration to this area, Nattry et al of the SI's power, when called in by me to do a job.
You've got one of the biggest news stories of all time...and you're sitting on it. That in itself...is significant.
Ted Owens (PK Man)
Box 3134 CBS
Norfolk, Virginia 23514
Owens
P.S. You can expect a lot more "Ted Owens Specials" from now on, this summer. The point is to bring the truth of this out to the public... when that is done, there'll be no more point to any more specials.
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