Red Flag Warning for Central NC including the Triad
The National Weather Service saying No outdoor burning today
The space shuttle Atlantis is back in Florida. The shuttle landed around 9:07 this morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Grab your telescope or binoculars: Check out a total lunar eclipse starting around 10pm tonight. Unlike solar eclipses which require protective eyewear, lunar eclipses are safe to view with the naked eye. This will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2010. A lunar eclipse is when the moon passes through some part of Earth’s shadow.
http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=C084463F4557B413A7E261AC274E8705?contentId=5824682&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
The US Navy will attempt to shoot down a faulty spy satellite as soon as tonight. The 5,000-pound spy satellite malfunctioned immediately after launch in December 2006 and still has a full tank of fuel that NASA does not want to hit back on earth. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080219/D8UTC8C80.html
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shaking western Indonesia earlier today.
The U.S. Geological Survey issued a tsunami watch for the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
A school bus and several other vehicles crashed in Cottonwood, Minnesota on Tuesday, killing four students and injuring at least 14 others. A van ran into the bus (carrying 28 kids) yesterday afternoon…the bus then hit a pickup and tipped on its side. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/19/school.bus.crash.ap/index.html
Dr Billy Graham is back at home recovering from surgery last Wednesday.
Physicians at Mission Hospitals are pleased with Dr Graham’s progress.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/15344824/detail.html
Good news if you travel through Greensboro:
A 7.5-mile section of the Greensboro Urban Loop will open mid morning on Thursday. The latest section of the Greensboro Urban Loop runs from I-40 (east of Gallimore Dairy Road) to the I-85 Bypass. The NC Department of Transportation has set up a website to help motorists including maps. www.ncdot.org/projects/greensborourbanloop
Barack Obama winning the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday…and caucuses in Hawaii (where he was born). John McCain wins in Wisconsin and Washington State. Mike Huckabee staying in GOP race. http://www.cnn.com/
Up-coming WBFJ concerts:
Barlow Girl @ the WS WartHogs on Saturday July 19th
Mandisa / Matthew West @ the Dixie Classic Fair on Wednesday October 8th
SPORTS:
ACC action tonight: UNC at State
Duke at Miami
Red Flag Warning for Central NC including the Triad
The National Weather Service saying No outdoor burning today
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Very windy…High 60
Tonight: Clouds moving in. Breezy…Low 27
Thursday: Mostly cloudy…High only 37
Thursday night: A possible mix of rain, freezing rain and sleet …Low 31
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Friday: Rain…High 40
Saturday: Mostly cloudy…High 50
Sunday: Mostly sunny…High 50
