Carrie sowden is the director of archeology for the National Museum of the great lakes. This is not her first time in erie. We actually learned about her when she was speaking here about the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald before. Shes an amazing speaker. She has dove and Research Vessels all over the world, but she spent the last 17 years really focusing on wrecks here in the great lakes. Shes a graduate of texas a m, us marine archeology program, which is really the preeminent Maritime Archeology program in the country. So were were thrilled to have carrie and as a sort of extra announcement for all of you, as was cspan and that contact got us and heard carrie was presenting and theyre actually covering this evenings lecture to be broadcast nationwide. So great exposure for this topic and. Carrie could talk about a lot of different topics, but we chose this one because its its really unbelievable. How does a 338 foot long steel ship sink in the most shallow of the great lakes and just
Some come back anyway. An inside look at the other competitions from cold. Issues at new yorks jfk airport. A water main break causing all of that indoor flooding. Another big headache. Passengers are facing there. D. C. Woman sounding the alarm about a tree in her neighborhood. Why the city says its hands are tied. At 6 30,bc seven news on your side. At 6 30, a stormwatch 7 Winter Weather alert. The bitter cold cleaning to our area. Changes are on the way. Brian van de graaff in the storm watch weather center. Some of the changes could affect tomorrows evening commute. Brian we are back on weather alert for tomorrow. The National Weather service has put out a Winter Weather p. M. Ry begin at 3 00 earlier to the north and west. As the colder air is retreating, a little bit of light precipitation moving in and could lead to slick spots. Lets talk about what is happening. The biggest impact from midday through the evening tomorrow, the morning rush, not a problem at all. A look into the
In fact, right now were looking at readings generally in the teens with lower 20s in leesburg, middleburg and lovettsville with not too much wind. The cold spots are like 6 in arlington, 19 in warrenton, but the winds have turned to the south and thats bringing in some slightly warm air. I know it doesnt feel like it, but it is and as the warm air really comes north, its got a lot of moisture in the mississippi valley. Notice the wintery mix of snow, sleet and rain here moving in from illinois, ohio, indiana and kentucky and thats what were watching because tomorrow as that moisture arrives, not a lot of moisture, but the air and ground is cold enough to have a little freezing rain or light rain. In any event, Winter Weather advisories go up generally in the afternoon from 3 00 to 9 00. Went to 7 00 earlier north and west because even if we went to freezing a few hours, we could still get some freezing cold on the ground. Futurecast by 11 30 or so 20s. The lie pink area is a little lig
Here is the latest radar over the past hour. It is already showing up in clarksburg. You folks down south dont have much to worry about, most of this will pull out to the north of you over the next 6 hours. This is mainly an ice event not a snow event. A wintry mask risk is high but accumulations are low. It will slow your evening commute so you will need extra time and slow down. We will come back and talk about when temperatures get above freezing. You can always download our weather app for the latest watches and warnings. A dramatic fire this morning in the wagt boats, firefighters prevented the flames from spreading further but both of those boats sink. Luckily there were no injuries but investigators are still trying to determine the cause. Flooding on the top two floors has closed ross elementary school. Officials from the school say engineers have diagnosed the problem and are working to resolve them. Once the building is evacuated and cleared the school anticipates classes wil
And heros welcome. The superstar surfer returns home overnight after that shark scare. Now a worldwide phenomenon. He opens up about that Close Encounter to friends and family joking about why he was targeted. I had fish the night before. Maybe thats why. As the internet goes into overdrive with its new hero. Im glad he can joke about a shark attack right now. But were all going to have to get into the water to escape this heat. Im telling you. Well begin with the sizzling heat. Millions of americans in ten states from texas to virginia under heat warnings and advisories. It was the hottest day of the year in major cities across the northeast. And temperatures could top 90 degrees again. Ginger, where else would she be but outside in the heat for us this morning. Good morning, ginger. Oh, good morning to you, robin. This is supposed to be the hottest time of year, and, boy, is it turning out to be. Already in the low 80s this morning. Thats one of the issues. The temperatures are not d