Covered several businesses in venice. Reporter from eagle 8 hd you can seat destruction of the roof at the ark plaza in venice. Stacy was working at her insurance agency. We heard a slight rumble, then it felt like the tiles lifted and is we could hear the roof peeling back. I opened the door and saw the roof covering all the vehicles in the back. Reporter Straight Line winds caused this expensive damage to the roof of several extensive damage to the roof of several businesses. Some people were streaming tornado. And we looked out the backdoor, and it was nothing but aluminum roofing everywhere. Reporter 20 dogs and six employees were inside the pet salon when the storm hit. Owner bobby gable is praising the quick work of the firefighters. They ran in, they helped us leash the dogs and get them all to safety. And we were just blessed. Also checked the building and surrounding areas. Most of the roof came off of the building. Part of the upper portion of the roof. And it landed on some
Whats going on janelle . I have been searching our camera and trying to find some fog, most of it is up in the st. Pete area. If you are head to the sky way or traveling on 275 over in Pinellas County, use some caution out there as we are seeing some fog. We have one crash here southbound i75 right after state road 52 reports of a patrol car. No word of anyinjuries. I will keep my eye on it if we hear anything. Right now, i dont think you will see any backup there. Across the bay right now, across the bridges is still looking good. The cause way is 6 minutes at the franklin and 7 minutes at the gandy bridge. Update of a firefighter after he was hurt last night. We are told the fire destroyed the home on howell road and the firefighter was hurt after all the flames were out. Neighbors tell us there was a man who rarely left that house and he lives there and still no word on his condition right now. Fire crews tell us one person was hurt in this fire. Firefighters tell us four apartment
Rock stars, like guys, historians, women, weve all heard of, weve seen them on tv, weve read their books. Everybody knows who they are. We talked about them in hush tones and it has been my privilege to be friends with one of those rock stars because truly eric wit bigger is a name that is known by eric wittenberg. Hes known not only for his expertise in the union calvary, many o his knowledge on controversial topics where he is constantly challenging people to reconsider what they think they know. Hes never one to take a position because its popular but he takes because it is well considered, well researched and it is well thought out. And so hes sometimes not so afraid to challenge conventional thinking on things. And its that sense of going for the truth that has always made me admire his work. Tarting out when i first got into the civil war as someone reading books and just thought this guy is fantastic. Hes got 17 books you can read. But as our friendship has grown over the years,
150th anniversary of the battle of fort stevens. The battle took place july 11th and 12th in 1864 when Confederate Forces probed washington, d. C. s defenses before turning back. Speakers discuss the battles significance and contributions by africanamerican troops. This is just over an hour. Good morning, and welcome to fort stevens. My name is kim elder and im the Program Manager for the National Park service for the civil war defenses of washington. Id like to welcome and thank each of you all for joining us this morning for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the battle of fort stevens. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of colors and the singing of the National Anthem by anita frasier. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting