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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Tracking the Tropics: The state of hurricanes
The consensus is clear. The 2025 hurricane season will be like its predecessors: extremely active. For our Tracking the Tropics special, Channel 9 is looking at hurricane seasons to know how these turbulent storms are coming at us, and how they've shaped the Carolinas. We're watching where these storms form, and we're introducing you to the threats Carolinians face from the mountains, to Charlotte, to the coast. >>See the stories from Severe Weather Team 9 starting at 8 p.m. Friday, May 30. Tune in to Channel 9 or stream online. (VIDEO: Rain leads to over a dozen mudslides in areas impacted by Hurricane Helene)
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Fireball streaks across Carolinas nighttime sky, video shows. ‘It was so quick.'
From the mountains to the coast, Carolinians reported a fireball in the night sky on Saturday, including Raleigh and Charlotte. Tiffany Nash Effinger of Bakersville in the N.C. mountains provided a photo and five-second video of the mysterious streaking fireball to the American Meteor Society. The society received a total of 17 reports of the fireball from people in the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia. 'It might've had a trail but it was so quick,' a woman from Wendell east of Raleigh reported. 'It was very bright,' a Fort Mill woman said. 'The center was glowing white.' The fireball had a 'trail of bright light, green light,' a woman from Nebo in the mountains said. A Virginia man said the fireball was orange and yellow, 'very large,' and 'looked like it was going to hit the ground.' A man in Galax, Virginia, said he, too, was spooked. 'It was significant size and flash in the sky,' he said. 'Worried me for a few minutes.' On Jan. 30, at least 19 people from the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland reported seeing a mysterious fireball in the night sky, according to the society. They included a Lake Norman man who reported seeing the fireball darting 'from up right to down left' in the skies above Cornelius for 1.5 seconds at 8:46 p.m., according to the man's report on the society's website. The society encourages people to report anything they see that's 'bright and fast' in the sky and may look like a shooting star. 'Report it: it may be a fireball,' society officials say. Filing a report is important because it alerts the society 'to potentially scientifically significant events that occur, and contributes to the general database of knowledge about meteors.'
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NC Republicans are dead wrong to try to block AG Jeff Jackson from fighting Trump
Senator Phil Berger Sr. is mistaken when he posits Democratic Attorney General Jeff Jackson should go along with every White House order because North Carolina voted for President Donald Trump. Jackson is not appointed by the state legislature. Voters across the state elected Jackson. Trump's 51% of the NC vote is not a landslide. Jackson is paying attention to North Carolinians in joining lawsuits against unlawful executive orders that cut funding to UNC and Duke medical research, challenge birthright citizenship and give access to our personal data. The people of North Carolina want government checks and balance. Shirley Walker, Durham I am sick of bikers on Raleigh greenways not obeying the rules of the road. I'm sure many of them go over 10 miles an hour, which is an accident waiting to happen. Hardly anybody signals to pass on the left from behind. A simple gesture would be nice. I used to bike on the greenway and alerted others regularly. It's rude not to signal. Somebody's going to run over a dog or a kid if they haven't already. It is posted on the greenway to signal you're passing. I bet one out of 20 oblige. We have clogged up our roads with bike lanes that aren't used, only for bikers to clog up the greenways. The attitudes you get, geez. I know I'm not going to get them off of the greenway, but a simple gesture would be a quick and easy solution. Maybe slow down when approaching in either direction! Richard Bryant, Raleigh North Carolina House Republicans have introduced H.B. 66. This bill will cut the early voting window from the 17 days used in 2024 to six days in 2026. They also plan to eliminate Sunday voting. In 2024, nearly 75% of the 5.7 million NC voters cast their ballot on early voting days. If you disagree with this plan, contact your state representatives. Carolyn Christman, Mebane I was hoping Sen. Thom Tillis would stand up and defend the authority of the Constitution, the powers of Congress, and the health and welfare of all Carolinians, not just the rich ones. I'm older than Trump, and I've seen a lot over the years. I fear I am watching the dismantling of American democracy and a march toward dictatorship. I've never been so alarmed, ashamed and sad about the actions of United States. Judith Vose Davis, Raleigh The U.S. Senate must reject Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education. As we saw in the U.S. Senate confirmation hearing this week, McMahon lacks the qualifications, experience and judgment required to oversee our nation's education system. The Secretary of Education should champion public schools, protect students from discrimination and ensure equal opportunity for all students and educators. McMahon has little to no experience making decisions about K-12 education, student loans, IEPs and special education – key qualifications to running the department Her would-be boss has called for the elimination of the entire department! We need an education secretary who we can trust to protect and uplift all students. I urge our Senators to vote no on this nomination. Charles Keeling, Raleigh
