Dot the Camel, the 5-H Ranch and the John D. Hale Band are all teaming up to collect supplies to fill a 42-foot camel trailer with supplies to be delivered to Moore, Oklahoma to help in the clean up efforts.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:14 PM EDT2013-05-24 01:14:16 GMT
Michael Cobb is a physics professor at Southeast Missouri State University and said a monolithic dome might be the answer to surviving severe tornadoes.He said a monolithic dome is a steel reinforced thin concrete shell structure.Cobb said FEMA has certified the dome structure as nearly indestructible. He said it can withstand winds up to 350 miles an hour, and hold off 2x4 boards traveling at 100 miles per hour. But, as long as the structures have windows and doors they’re not completely tor...
Michael Cobb is a physics professor at Southeast Missouri State University and said a monolithic dome might be the answer to surviving severe tornadoes.He said a monolithic dome is a steel reinforced thin concrete shell structure.Cobb said FEMA has certified the dome structure as nearly indestructible. He said it can withstand winds up to 350 miles an hour, and hold off 2x4 boards traveling at 100 miles per hour. But, as long as the structures have windows and doors they’re not completely tor...
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations...
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and...
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:00:33 GMT
The story of Zach Sobiech, an 18-year-old who succumbed to osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, on Monday, is touching hearts and changing the way people look at their time on Earth. Sobiech was
The story of Zach Sobiech, a cancer patient who made it his mission to spread the joy of living to anyone he came in contact with, is continuing to inspire others after his death.
CALDWELL COUNTY, NC (WBTV) -
Nearly 400 deer have been reported dead in Caldwell County in recent weeks, and experts believe it is the result of a Hemorrhagic Disease caused by a virus that is spread by gnats.
"It is not uncommon for outbreaks to occur in deer populations," said North Carolina Wildlife Resources Biologist Danny Ray. "North Carolina normally is not hit as hard as other southern states," he said.
In 2011 only 3 cases were reported in Caldwell County but experts say an early spring combined with a wet summer has made the gnat population explode and made the disease easier to spread. Ray said not all the deer infected will even show signs of sickness and most that do will survive and develop immunity to the disease.
The hardest hit areas appear to be along Highway 268 towards Wilkes County and in the Collettesville area along the John's River.
"We sure can smell them at night," said Ira Hedrick, who lives in the area. He thinks it will be tougher for hunters to find prey this year. Hunting season opens in just a few days in the area and many are concerned about whether they should be hunting at all.
All counties in Western North Carolina are reporting cases of deer dying but Caldwell County appears the hardest hit, with Wilkes and Surry Counties not far behind in the numbers.
Experts say it is all right to hunt deer, even in years of hemorrhagic outbreaks. "It is okay to eat the deer," said Ray. What he does warn hunters about is eating deer that exhibited signs of sickness such as walking in a stupor and showing no fear of humans. Those deer may have additional illnesses besides the hemorrhagic disease.
Poet and livestock owners should not worry about the disease either. It can only be passed by the gnats and most livestock and pets are not affected by it. Humans will not contract the disease either.
Ray said the problem will continue as long as the gnats are around. "First frost and they will be gone just like turning a light switch off," he said.
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:10 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:10:35 GMT
A veteran TV anchorman has been fired in the wake of comments he made on Facebook claiming "pressure" by the IRS following his 2012 interview with President Barack Obama.
A veteran TV anchorman has been fired in the wake of comments he made on Facebook claiming "pressure" by the IRS following his 2012 interview with President Barack Obama.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:50 PM EDT2013-05-23 02:50:49 GMT
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
You might think it's a problem in foreign countries, or big cities, but the SEMO Rescue and Restore Coalition said human trafficking is a problem in the Heartland.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:00 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:00:50 GMT
WEST POINT, UT (KTVX/CNN) - Two young brothers were found dead in their home in Utah Wednesday. And police say they later took their older brother into custody. Their mother called 911 after coming home
Two young brothers were found dead in their home in Utah Wednesday.
Thursday, May 23 2013 10:33 AM EDT2013-05-23 14:33:57 GMT
(KFOR/CNN) - Arts-and-crafts retail chain "hobby lobby" gets its day in court today -- over mandated birth control coverage for employees. The Oklahoman reports eight federal appellate court judges will
Arts-and-crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby gets its day in court Thursday over mandated birth control coverage for employees.
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