Friday, August 10, 2007
More Record Breaking temperatures possible today…
Heat Advisory for the Triad from noon to 7pm…
Three days (so far) of record High temperatures.
Temperatures in the Triple digits across much of North Carolina this week… The highest peak in the Blue Ridge mountains (Grandfather Mountain ) broke a previously daily High temp record on Wednesday…at 80 degrees.
24,000 Chinese-made "Thomas & Friends" spinning tops are being recalled after tests showed that the lead content is more than 40 times the legal limit.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/09/thomas_friends_tops_recalled/6610/
Not a word from 6 miners trapped some 1,500 feet beneath the earth:
Rescuers have successfully drilled a 2 inch hole down into the presumed area in a coal mine where six miners have been trapped since Monday.
The air quality in the drilled area was found to be "very good."
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU47F01&apc=9001
Divers recovered the remains of at least 2 bodies from the wreckage of the collapsed I-35west bridge in Minneapolis. Seven fatalities have been confirmed.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU2I680&apc=9001
Anxiety and stress may increase your risk of periodontal disease, says a research review in the August issue of the Journal of Periodontology.
The study suggesting that the stress-related hormone cortisol may be linked to increased destruction of gums and jaw bone. The hormone may also suppress the immune system. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=607200
A monster truck demonstration goes wrong in Illinois:
A monster truck plowed into a crowd of spectators on Thursday, injuring at least nine people. Two people, including a mother and one child, were in serious condition. The demonstration, part of a monster truck tour sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts, featured the truck driving over and crushing four cars.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D8QU08H80&apc=9001
After finding out he would have to pay $1,200 dollars to fix his car’s AC,
26 year old Scott Dawson rigged up a common household air conditioner and custom fit the unit on top of his car. The crafty civil engineering graduate from the University of Houston cut a hole in the sunroof to allow the cool air to get in.
“I’ll probably stick with this until I get rid of it,” Dawson said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292809,00.html
Don’t bite the hand that wacks your head off?
Danny Anderson and his son from Prosser, Washington spotted a 5-foot rattlesnake earlier in the week while feeding his horses. They pinned snake with a pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. *When Anderson reached down to pick it up, he said, the snake head twisted around and bit his index finger. In the 10 minutes it took to reach Prosser Memorial Hospital, the venom spread through his body and his tongue had already started to swell.
He was treated at the hospital. A state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist said it's possible the snake had the heat-sensing ability to make one last attack. http://www.wxii12.com/news/13858249/detail.html
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mostly sunny and hot…High near 100. (Heat index = 105)
A slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Tonight: Partly cloudy…Low 72
The Weekend: Mix of sun and clouds…High near 90
****No measurable rainfall expected during the next 5 days…
