Those who watched the CBS Morning News/The Early Show a few years back may remember Mark McKewen. He served as a weather anchor and entertainment reporter.
He suffered a serious stroke back in 2005, and was profiled by Harry Smith last year on The Early Show.
Mark filed a lawsuit against the emergency room doctor who treated originally him. A decision was handed down yesterday. For more details, check out the full story from the Associated Press.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Foggy In Spots
The high humidity, recent rainfall and calm winds are creating some areas of dense fog. Some locations across Hancock, Hardin, Allen, Putnam, Henry, William & Fulton counties have visibilites near or below 1/4 mile.
Fog will dissipate between 8 and 9 am.
With cooler temps and more breaks in the clouds tonight, there will be more widespread fog Thursday morning.
For current school delays, check out our Just In, Always On page, and you can also sign up for Text It.
Fog will dissipate between 8 and 9 am.
With cooler temps and more breaks in the clouds tonight, there will be more widespread fog Thursday morning.
For current school delays, check out our Just In, Always On page, and you can also sign up for Text It.
Update on the Active Tropics
September 10th is statistically the peak of hurricane season, which runs June 1 to November 30. Ocean water temps have warmed after a summer of heating, and the upper air winds cooperate a bit more at times.
We have two systems that we are tracking:
1) In the Pacific, tropical storm Linda is located well west of North & Central America. Forecasts take Linda slowly northward as she weakens. She will be no threat to Mexico, the continential USA or Hawaii.
2) In the Atlantic, tropical storm Fred has formed west of Africa. Similar to Linda, his track takes him northward as he weakens.
The National Hurricane Center is also watching an area along coastal North Carolina, but it does not show immediate signs of developing.
From Dry To Rainy
After a decent dry stretch from last week into the weekend, we've transitioned to a temporarily wet pattern. A slow-moving storm system is to our southwest, and it keeping some showers and thunderstorms around.
With the higher humidity levels and slow-moving areas of rain & storms, locally heavy rainfall has been occurring. Some spots on Labor Day received between 1 & 2 inches of rain, and a few areas may pick up an inch or more today.
The wetter pattern will break down tomorrow and Thursday with only isolated thunderstorms possible.
With the higher humidity levels and slow-moving areas of rain & storms, locally heavy rainfall has been occurring. Some spots on Labor Day received between 1 & 2 inches of rain, and a few areas may pick up an inch or more today.
The wetter pattern will break down tomorrow and Thursday with only isolated thunderstorms possible.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Happy Birthday Bev Voetsch ! !
Melissa's mom, Bev, had a birthday this weekend. To celebrate the milestone, Mel got her mom a basset hound puppy. Bev promptly named her "Crumpet". Mel's parents are super nice folks, and look about 20 years younger than they are. (They need to write a book!)
Mel had the pup around the station on Friday, and Crumpet is the calmest puppy in the history of the world. Happy birthday Bev, and welcome home Crumpet!
Mel had the pup around the station on Friday, and Crumpet is the calmest puppy in the history of the world. Happy birthday Bev, and welcome home Crumpet!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
A very active day...but not here
As our tranquil weather pattern continues, it is anything but calm elsewhere.
Hurricane Jimena has diminished (it has moved over colder water, and has dropped from a near category 5 hurricane to a category 2 as of Wednesday morning), but will hang around Baja the next few days. The minimal movement will cause prolonged torrential rainfall.
A new tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic. Erika (pronounced air-ree-kuh) formed Tuesday and is located east of the Caribbean. The track will move it north of Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba towards the Bahamas...and possibly towards Florida by early next week. Erika is not well-organized, and doesn't show any big signs of strengthening the next few days.
You can follow the systems with our Hurricane Tracker, as well as the National Hurricane Center.
A major earthquake hit southern Indonesia early today. A 7.3 magnitude quake hit Java, Indonesia, at around 3:55 am EDT (2:55 pm there), with a second quake of 4.9 magnitude at 5:28 am EDT (4:28 pm local time).
A tsunami warning was issued, but cancelled shortly thereafter. As of this writing, 7 people were reported killed in the initial earthquake.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) listed the depth of the first earthquake at 30 miles into the earth. The USGS listed the magnitude as 7.0, but a local Indonesian geological agency estimates it was a little stronger at 7.3.
Hurricane Jimena has diminished (it has moved over colder water, and has dropped from a near category 5 hurricane to a category 2 as of Wednesday morning), but will hang around Baja the next few days. The minimal movement will cause prolonged torrential rainfall.
A new tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic. Erika (pronounced air-ree-kuh) formed Tuesday and is located east of the Caribbean. The track will move it north of Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba towards the Bahamas...and possibly towards Florida by early next week. Erika is not well-organized, and doesn't show any big signs of strengthening the next few days.
You can follow the systems with our Hurricane Tracker, as well as the National Hurricane Center.
A major earthquake hit southern Indonesia early today. A 7.3 magnitude quake hit Java, Indonesia, at around 3:55 am EDT (2:55 pm there), with a second quake of 4.9 magnitude at 5:28 am EDT (4:28 pm local time).
A tsunami warning was issued, but cancelled shortly thereafter. As of this writing, 7 people were reported killed in the initial earthquake.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) listed the depth of the first earthquake at 30 miles into the earth. The USGS listed the magnitude as 7.0, but a local Indonesian geological agency estimates it was a little stronger at 7.3.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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