5 Things, Including a Haiti Earthquake Talk

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 10. Here are five things you should know.

1) Get off of my cloud. There will be no need for that, as there will be plenty of clouds for everyone this morning, according to Weather Underground. Don’t worry, though. The sun should break through for good in the afternoon, with temps in the mid 40s. Same story at night, with lows in the lower 20s and a slight breeze.

2) First in the nation. The New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary is Tuesday, and the Reading Republican Town Committee is hosting a at the at 7 p.m.

3) Haitian earthquake talk. Reading residents Ron and Maureen D’Addario talk about their experiences with the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation in the still-recovering nation. is presented by LiveWires – Lifelong Learning in the Library and is sponsored by the Friends of the . This event is free of charge.  Coffee and refreshments are available at 9:30 a.m.

4) Sports. The basketball squads will both hit the court on Tuesday night, as the Rockets host Middlesex League rivals Belmont. The girls contest gets underway at 5:30 p.m., while the boys tilt tips off at 7 p.m. 

5) Texas tea. On this day, in 1901, the U.S. oil industry is born, as a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill, near Beaumont, Texas, yields a tremendous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet. Discovered at roughly 1,000 feet, the well flowed at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day and took nine days to cap. Following the discovery, petroleum, which up to that point had been primarily used as a lubricant in the United States, would become the main source of fuel for new inventions such as cars, airplanes and coal-powered forms of transportation such as ships and trains would also convert to liquid fuel.