Debbie Lord

1 week ago | wsbtv.com | Debbie Lord

For more than 150 years, June 19 has been a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Communities across the country will mark the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned that they, and all other slaves in the U.S., had been granted freedom. Here are a few things to know about Juneteenth. Juneteenth – June 19 – is the day that the last slaves in the U.S. were made aware of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was first issued on Sept.

2 weeks ago | 1055thedove.com | Debbie Lord

If the thought of Friday the 13th sends shivers down your spine, don’t worry. You’re not alone. The fear of Friday the 13th, or just the number 13, is a common one. So common there’s a name for it. Why has the number come to be seen as unlucky? There is a rather unnerving tally of historical events that have led to the misfortune under which the number 13 suffers. Here are a few of them:Pope John Paul II was shot and nearly died on May 13, 1981.

4 weeks ago | 1055thedove.com | Natalie Dreier |Debbie Lord

Emergency management officials are quick to remind those living in coastal areas that it’s the water that a hurricane brings that is the biggest threat to lives and property. According to the National Hurricane Center, storm surge, or the wall or water a hurricane pushes on land as it moves onshore, is the leading cause of deaths from hurricanes. The danger of storm surge is so great that in 2017, the NHC changed its warning system to include a separate warning for surge alone.

4 weeks ago | wsoctv.com | Debbie Lord

One was a structural engineer who thought in the ways engineers are trained to — logically and result-oriented. The other, was a meteorologist who, at age 6, had survived one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States, and was eager to warn others of the destructive potential of a tropical weather system. Together, engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Simpson developed a system that offered people who live in storm-prone areas a clear early warning of trouble to come.

4 weeks ago | 1055thedove.com | Debbie Lord

The East Coast is no stranger to hurricanes and the destruction that follows. The Saffir-Simpson scale was developed to help determine damage and flooding before it strikes. A hurricane is a rotating low-pressure weather system that converts the energy of warm air into winds and waves. Hurricanes have “warm core” centers, meaning the center of the storm is warmer than the surrounding air. Warm ocean temperatures and wind patterns that spiral air inward are necessary for a hurricane to form.