but the rain is still coming. this event is far from over. at one point winds at 70 miles an hour, almost a hurricane. and some could argue that it was a minimal category 1 hurricane when it made landfall. here it is on the radar scope. just reading the latest from the national hurricane center, their 5:00 a.m. advisory, winds now down to 50 miles an hour. obviously when these things come onshore they lose strength. this their fuel source. the center of it is about 20 miles, 30 miles to the west of jacksonville, maybe about 80 miles east-southeast of valdosta, georgia. it aets headi it s heading westerly at 8 miles an hour. you can see your typical rotation and the thunderstorms wrachi in wrapping around this thing, much like a tropical system. impressive considering, what? it s memorial teday. we haven t even begun officially hurricane season, starting june 1. 50-mile-an-hour winds gusting to 70. here is the track, giving you an idea of what is left of beryl. we expect it to
the rain and thunderstorms rotating off the ocean so this will be slow to weaken and it will weaken as far as the winds are concerned but the rainfall becomes the bigger player through time. they could use the rain but don t want it all at one point. this is certainly a drought-stricken area. look at some of the winds last night, 73-mile-an-hour gusts at buckeye land, kings bay base, 65-mile-an-hour gusts, a strong tropical storm, wind gusts almost to hurricane strength. we ve got power out in lots of areas, southeast georgia and northeastern parts of florida because of that. here s your forecast track, we bring it in and weaken it of course and curve it back out to sea eventually. it will take its sweet time doing that eventually getting to theopen banks. certainly not a beach day from savannah, charleston to daytona beach but the rainfall as well. even though this area is in extreme drought, when you get all this rain coming at one time it potentially four to eight inches o
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning our starting point today, tropical storm beryl washing away holiday plans in northern florida and georgia. it made landfall overnight with drenching rains and driving winds. the hurricane force winds have died down a bit but the beryl will be a super soaker as they call it. rob marciano is tracking the storm at the severe weather center, good morning. not usual to have one but two tropical storms into the month of may, not even into the beginning of hurricane season yesterday. 70-mile-an-hour winds last night at one point, this close to being a hurricane. there s the radar picture showing you the center distinctly 50 miles to the west of jacksonville florida and all the rain and thunderstorms rotating off the ocean so this will be slow to weaken and it will weaken as far as the winds are concerned but the rainfall becomes the bigger player through time. they could use the rain but don t want it all at one point. this is c
all time, certainly of the season so far. jeff barth is running against republican congresswoman kristi noem. in that ad, barth walks down a long dirt road while describing his record. he talks about his platform. as he walks, a series of unusual props appear. and i learned chess in iceland. i by sickled 1,000 miles through great britain with my church youth group. congress is broken. who is going to fix it, cristy noam and the tea party. the congressman joining me live, candidate yef barth. congressman, we should note here that you have made more traditional 30-second spots for your campaign. but where did the idea for this one come from? well, i tell you what, i was the first south dakota politician to be on youtube back in 2002.
and certainly, there was some inspiration we found on the internet, and we perried that, but honestly, our mission was to give an authentic view of how i am, jeff barth, a county commissioner, a south dakotian and explain why i m concerned what s going on out in d.c. and a little bit about about what makes me he what s been the response so far? what have people said to you about the ad? well, it only came out yesterday. it s i believe approaching 20,000 views. my relatives some of whom i haven t heard from in some time are calling me up. i m getting texts and e-mails. i think i had 65 friend requests overnight. i got to say though that i received ten online contributions yesterday, but the total was only 130 bucks. i am convinced that they are democrats and not d.c. lobbyists. just out of curiosity, how much did that thing cost you to produce? well, i tell you what, i had