Your Morning Wake-Up Call for October 19, 2011
By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 19, 2011 12:30PM
Turn on your heaters today. This is not a drill. We're due for our lowest temperature readings since late May today. We also have high winds in effect and a lakeshore flood warning, which means we're holding out hope for more video of bicyclists and joggers being wiped out by waves that reach the lakefront trail. The Winds are the thing to watch out for today. They're expected to increase to 30-40 MPH this afternoon, gusting to 50 MPH.
In October 1963, the great school boycotts in support of the Civil Rights movement began. By the time the ended in March 1964, over 400,000 students walked out of classes to protest the policies of Schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis.