Increased Fire Danger - Please NO outdoor burning today…
Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Partly sunny early. Scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon. A few storms could be severe. Breezy…High 85
(Traffic Update) Clean up continues after an early morning accident between Thomasville and Lexington on I-85 SB at Exit 100 (Rest Area exit). The right lane of I-85 SB will be closed through 4pm for ‘clean up’. Alternate route: take Exit 102 to Business 85 to avoid traffic delays.
Several Piedmont counties including Alamance, Caswell and Davie counties will NOT receive disaster assistance from FEMA. The Governor had requested federal assistance for 18 counties in the state, mainly in the Triangle and other eastern counties. www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-story-no-fema-assistance-110419,0,4135792.story
Flags at the state capital and government buildings are at ‘half-staff’ for the remainder of the work week to remember the 21 people who died during Saturday’s deadly tornadoes in the state. We also want to remember first responders and relief organizations on the ground assisting those in need.
http://triad.news14.com/content/top_stories/639765/flags-lowered-at-nc-buildings-following-tornadoes
More details about helping those in need: www.wbfj.fm/event9.html
Theives have been targeting churches in Davidson County and they haven’t even had to break-in to take something valuable. AC units have been stolen from several churches including Open Door Baptist on Clyde Fitzgerald Road. The estimated cost to replace the three air conditioning units stolen last week will cost between $25,000 to $30,000 dollars. -Experts say that the theft of air conditioners and copper wiring from those units typically increases as the price paid for scrap metal goes up. Currently, the price paid for copper is close to $3.00 per pound. -Copper wire thieves move fast. Sheriff Grice saying of a surveillance video of one recent AC theft showed that it took 2 robbers just three minutes to strip copper wiring from a residential air conditioning unit. -Experts suggest that churches keep their church grounds well-lit, install security cameras and even put up chain-link cages around their air conditioning units
www.the-dispatch.com/article/20110419/NEWS/110419935&tc=email_newsletter?p=1&tc=pg
Thomas Nelson and World Vision are teaming up to help needy children around the world and here in the US through its "Buy a Bible, Help a Child" promotion. The promotion is part of Thomas Nelson's “God's Word in Action” campaign. www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/about/20110411-world-vision-Thomas-Nelson-Promotion
SPORTS: Longtime Radio voice of the North Carolina Tarheels Woody Durham is retiring after 40 years. A press conference is set for 10am this morning in Chapel Hill.
