Let the clean up begin...
Severe Weather blowing through our state yesterday evening. A tornado likely caused damage last night around 8:15 on Cornatzer Road in Davie County.
-Statewide: There were 142 reports of ‘wind damage’
-Lots of rain gauges holding up to 5 inches of much needed rain.
Power Outage information from Duke Energy:
www.duke-energy.com/outages/stats/default.asp
McCain in, Huckabee out and the Democrats are neck and neck:
John McCain now has enough GOP delegates to clinch the Republican nomination.
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the race for President after losing all four of yesterday's primaries to McCain. Between the Democrats…Hillary Clinton won three of the four races, including the delegate-rich states of Ohio and Texas.
Up-Date: Seems like the threat of a gunman on the ASU campus Monday afternoon was a hoax. A 22 year old student made up the story of a break-in to his apartment because he didn’t want to pay for damage to his front door. Boone police have charged the student with filing a false report. www.wxii12.com/news/15486816/detail.html
www.appstate.edu/ www.emergency.appstate.edu/
Airborne Health Inc. has agreed to pay a $23.3 million dollar class-action lawsuit after allegations of false advertising. Airborne Health once advertised that its product could ‘prevent’ colds.
Airborne changed its ads after the suit was filed in 2006, dropping claims that the product cured colds but touting new claims that the product helped boost the body's immune system. www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=613248
“The Weather Channel has lost its way?” That’s according to John Coleman (the founder of the Weather Channel). Coleman, one of the presenters at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change, saying that he is highly critical of all of the global warming alarmism.
In December 2006, The Weather Channel’s Heidi Cullen argued on her blog that weathercasters who had doubts about human influence on global warming should be punished with de-certification by the American Meteorological Society. www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080303175301.aspx
“Global Warming is a natural process, not likely the result of human activities…” That was the argument of more than 100 international environmental scientists in papers presented at the Conference. www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=58024
Governor Easley has declared this week as Severe Weather Awareness Week in North Carolina. There will be a statewide tornado drill for Public Schools and Government buildings this morning. (March 5). http://www.readync.org/.
SPORTS: Green Bay Packers Quarterback Brett Favre is retiring after 17 seasons.
With the Regular season winding down… ACC Men’s basketball last night:
-Virginia Tech all over Wake Forest…80 - 58
-The Tarheels beating Florida State…90-77
Tonight: BC at Miami AND Duke at Virginia
Women’s ACC Tournament (Greensboro)
Southern Conference (in North Charleston, SC)
Men’s ACC Tournament (Charlotte)
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast:
Today: Sunny skies…High 60
Tonight: Clear…Low 34
Thursday: Sunny skies…High 65
Friday: Showers…High 55
Sneak Peak to the Weekend:
Clouds on Saturday…Sunshine on Sunday
Highs in the low 50’s.
