Announcer live where you live, this is ferocious irma packing winds powerful enough to rip the roof off a house in miami, and its far from done with florida. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Live doppler 7 shows where the hurricane is right now, moving north across the state of florida. Meteorologist lisa argen will have details in just a moment but heres the latest on irmas impact. Its now a category 2 storm. Irma made landfall in florida along the southwest coast this afternoon. The tomorrow is blamed for at least four deaths in florida, including a sheriffs deputy, and that is in addition to the 27 deaths reported in the caribbean. Nearly 3. 5 Million People are without power. Thats more than a third of all power customers in florida. More than 175,000 people are spending the night in a shelter. Abc News Reporter Marcy Gonzalez has the latest from tampa. Reporter hi, eric. We are getting pounded by rain. The wind is now so strong that fire rescuers say if theres an emergency, they wont
FRANKLIN SQUARE The Salem Township Board of Trustees heard a request for additional signage from a resident in its meeting Tuesday. Resident Gary Wolford shared concerns about heavy semi traffic on Old state Route 558 near his residence on Salem Grange Road, explaining that trucks attempt to cut through the area to travel between […]
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Robert A. Cross
On Dec. 21, 2020, Robert A. Cross of State College, passed away at the age of 79.
Bob was born in Mill Hall, to Kermit Alexander and Helen Elizabeth (Welch) Cross. He married the love of his life, Jane Marie Peters. They shared 60 years of marriage together. Bob graduated from Bald Eagle Nittany High School in 1959. He proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1960 until he was honorably discharged in 1962. In the Army he learned Meteorology and by the time he was discharged he was teaching Meteorology. From the Army he went to work at Penn State University’s Department of Meteorology before launching a long career at AccuWeather. He began working at AccuWeather in 1965 as one of their first forecasters and worked his way to the title of Senior Meteorologist. He retired in 2005 after 40 years of service. Weather forecasting was his life and loved to do it.