Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, dies at 100
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Before dawn on June 3, 1944, a postal clerk in Ireland’s County Mayo checked her weather gauges. A storm was coming fast. The barometer readings were dropping. The wind, pouring off a low-pressure zone in the mid-Atlantic, was slicing through the drizzle in the village of Blacksod. … Read more