Finally, we’ve seen relief from the drought…
WXII12 viewer, Leanne Evans sent us this photograph of her 10 gallon fish tank filled with rainfall:
Several towns in the Foothills and Mountains received more than 8 inches of rainfall. Although, rain totals of more than 6 inches in Greensboro between October 19th & October 26th put a major dent in the [...]
Posted by wxii12.com news at 8/29/2007 1:18 PM
By WXII 12 Weather Plus meteorologist Michelle Kennedy:
Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Aug. 29, 2005 at 7:10 a.m. just south of Buras, Louisiana. 1,836 people died from Louisiana to Alabama and Mississippi. When it comes to property damage, this is the most destructive [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 8/30/2007 10:08 AM
As we’ve lamented over the heat this summer, we’ve also done our share of complaining about the bugs!
Although we are in the middle of a drought, it doesn’t take much water to encourage mosquitoes to breed. In fact, I discovered a small puddle in the backyard from our [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 9/3/2007 12:03 PM
Reaching the 40 year mark a few weeks ago, I realize more and more the things that move me. Seeing someone open their eyes to the Lord’s Love for them, my son swishing his first real game basket or even my daughter Lacey wearing a nice classy “My [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 9/6/2007 10:14 PM
“It’s so dry the grass is crunching beneath my feet.” That’s how the conversation went tonight during our newscast as my coworker and friend Cameron Kent described our ever-worsening drought situation. You may have other words for it and other ways of describing it– but the message is [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 9/9/2007 10:41 PM
La Nina appears to be taking shape in the Pacific. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration refers to La Nina as the periodic cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific that occurs every three to five years. Easterly trade winds in the Pacific also [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 9/15/2007 6:10 PM
Weak tornadoes are typical with tropical systems that move inland. We’ve seen our share of weak tornadoes from tropical systems in the last few years. Remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy helped form a tornado just east of Yadkinville on July 7, 2005. On September 17, 2004, Tropical Storm [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 9/23/2007 11:25 PM
Fall officially started on Sunday morning September 23rd at 5:51 a.m. Instead of highs in the comfortable upper 70s, we reached 92 degrees! Yes, it’s hot and we have a big week ahead with above normal highs in the 80s. A ridge of high pressure at the surface [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 9/26/2007 10:47 PM
Top 5 reasons I love the Dixie Classic Fair:Every year since I moved here 6 years ago, I have been able to experience one of my now favorite things in Winston-Salem. It is the Dixie Classic Fair. The first year I was here, I hopped in the car [...]
Posted by wxii12.com blogs at 10/8/2007 5:12 PM
If I absolutely HAD to pick my favorite season (I love them all for different reasons) — I’d pick fall. It’s the beautiful blend of some of my favorite colors– yellow, red and orange! Our fall color change is just getting underway in the higher elevations of the [...]
