Not-So-Famous Firsts: Tornado Edition
It is believed that a daybook unveiling made by Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop on July 5 , 1643 , is the first show sighting of a tornado in what would become the United States . Winthrop was something of a weather oddball and had begin keeping a daily journal of atmospheric experimental condition while aboard the Arabella en route to the New World in 1630 . Winthrop ’s report that July day read :...