A Lake Wind Advisory for most of the Piedmont and Foothills until 6pm.
Threat of severe weather possible for Western North Carolina, upstate South Carolina and much of northeast Georgia. Today: Windy with thunderstorms this afternoon.
Severe weather overnight in three southern states: Deadly tornadoes ripping through parts of Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. The death toll is up to 45. The National Weather Service received more than 300 reports of tornadoes, wind damage and hail on Tuesday.
As the dust settles on Super Tuesday: John McCain picked up projected wins and remains solid at the top of the GOP race for the White House. Mike Huckabee had a strong showing in the South. Mitt Romney remains in second. It’s still a 2 person race for the Democrats. Barack Obama won more states while Hillary Clinton captured more delegate. (http://www.cnn.com/)
Results from the Super Duper Presidential online Poll: Over 29,000 (29,495) NC students registered their opinions yesterday.
70% of students chose Barack Obama
46% of students chose John McCain
31% chose Mike Huckabee
63% students chose the Democratic Party Race37% chose the Republican Party Race
Complete results at http://www.kidsvotingnc.org/
The presidential primary in North Carolina will be Tuesday, May 6. The North Carolina Democratic and Republican parties want a combined eight presidential candidates on the ballot for the state's May 6 primary elections.
The State Board of Elections will approve the candidate lists March 4. Some candidates could be removed if they drop out of the race.
The City Council in Raleigh will impose Stage 2 water restrictions beginning next week. Stage 2 water restrictions would ban pressure-washing and all remaining irrigation starting Friday, February 15.
A 9-month-old baby girl is alive after her parents threw her from a burning building into the arms of a police officer, four stories below. The girl's parents also survived the fire Sunday at a building in southwestern Germany. Nine people lost their lives in the blaze, including five children. LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany
WHEATLAND, Wisconsin: Having a tornado demolish her home back in January was bad enough. But weeks later when Ann Beam received a $2,000 dollar bill from her cable company for destroyed equipment.
Time Warner Cable billed a number of Wheatland, Wisconsin residents for equipment damaged in the January 7 twister. Beam's bill covered five cable boxes and five remote controls.
She immediately called the cable company…a manager said that the bill stands and Ann will have to turn the bill into my insurance company.
The insurance company said that it would pay only a depreciated value of the equipment. A Time Warner Cable spokesperson said that the incident is just a simple mistake. The rare winter tornadoes destroyed more than two dozen homes and damaged nearly 80 others in Kenosha County. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080202/D8UHTSF80.html
ACC: Last night…NC State over Virginia Tech…73-63
Big ACC match up tonight:
-Duke at Carolina
-Wake Forest hosting Georgia Tech at the Joel
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Windy with thunderstorms this afternoon.
Some storms could be severe…High 72
Tonight: Showers ending…Low 42
Thursday: Sunny…High 55
