Archive for May, 2008
Lots Of TV Shows NOT Coming Back Next Year
Thanks to 600 plus TV channels out there these days, not to mention a bunch more to watch on the internet, the number of people watching one channel is less than it was yesterday. I don’t know if that’s the reason a lot of your favorite TV shows got the boot this year…or maybe it’s [...]
Jeff Foxworthy, Balloons Entertain In Roanoke Rapids
Good weather, a bunch of hot air and a few laughs all for a good cause. No, I’m not talking about one of my weather forecasts; it’s the 20th annual Log A Load For Kids. Roanoke Rapids was the site for this great event a few weekends ago benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network and Duke [...]
Geneen Anderson Heading South To Miami
You may have noticed someone missing from this weekend’s newscasts at NBC17. Weekend weather anchor Geneen Anderson is heading south for the winter…and summer, spring and fall. Geneen has accepted a job at WPLG, the ABC station in Miami, Florida. So now, instead of hanging out with Wes, Bill and Peter in the Triangle; she [...]
Government Releases 2008 Hurricane Season Forecast
Today, the government announced that projected climate conditions point to a near normal or above normal 2008 hurricane season in the Atlantic basin. The season starts June 1 and the government forecasting agency joins a group of others who agree that we will have another busy hurricane season.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction [...]
NC State Wolf Mascot “Performs” Weather
In case you missed the 6th annual NBC17 Health and Fitness Festival last weekend at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, please allow me to fill you in on all the excitement.
Aside from the health and fitness information provided by various organizations, the festival provided a rock climbing wall, NASCAR simulator, demonstrations, dance stages and a [...]
Central North Carolina Storm Damage Pictures
Twenty Eight Warnings! That’s how busy the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, May 20, 2008 was for Central North Carolina. On top of that, we had nine pages of damage reports from the National Weather Service! Most of the damage was from straight line winds and hail moving through with the [...]
More Softball Rain, But I Can Still Entertain
For the second weekend in a row, the NBC17 softball game was rained out…I know, how ironic!? Well, in the absence of having zero softball blogging material for the past two weeks, I have set out on a search to keep you entertained. I have gone outside the box to find an inspirational story and [...]
2008 Hurricane Forecast Coming Thursday
Hard to believe the 2008 hurricane season is two weeks away when I remember talking about the snow and ice of winter like it was yesterday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, doing business as the National Hurricane Center) will release its 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook on May 22, 2008. The government will put [...]
Dale Earnhardt’s Number 3 Car & Childress In Raleigh
What are Richard Childress and Roy Williams doing having dinner together? Both are getting inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in Raleigh tonight.
Roy Williams has won a few basketball games for Kansas and the University of North Carolina in his day. Richard Childress drove a few NASCAR races before becoming even more [...]
Three 2007 Hurricane Names Retired
The names Dean, Felix, and Noel, three of the most devastating storms of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, were retired by members of the 30th Session of the World Meteorological Organization’s Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee (say that three times fast!) during its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Members of the committee, which includes representatives [...]
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