In 2008, mark served as the visiting senior lecturer of war studies at the Royal Military academy at sandhurst in the united kingdom. He is the author of eight books and he currently has two other books in the works. His presentation today is taken from his most recent work, the seventh West Virginia industry. It is coauthored. [applause] mark thank you. Before i give my presentation, i want to give you a little background about the seventh virginia infantry regiment. That is how it started out. It was recruited in the summer and fall of 1861, primarily from the North Central part of West Virginia. Let me bring up a map. Primarily from northcentral West Virginia, and also Monroe County, ohio and ring county, pennsylvania. Greene county is here, Monroe County is here. The recruiting area is basically this area, plus a little bit of Greene County and Monroe County, ohio. Their initial service was about 50 miles west of winchester, virginia. Most of their Early Service was in the lower pa
Embarcadero camera this morning showing as a light breeze in the air you consider the flag moving gently. Michelle apon plan on triple digit he wants to talk about yesterdays records concord 10 to beat the old record of 95 santa rosa triple digit heat of the old record of 90 napa 96 yesterday afternoon hey were dyed it won the old record of 78 degrees open 8598 the high the old record of 98 degrees today with this is a more records were broken record yes today via airborne to do it again today 103 the previous record was 96 napa hey would endure or were near the record possibly with triple digit heat this afternoon michelle apon mainly across and locations much of the east valley was into the upper 90s to low 100 concord right now 67 degrees presence in 65 and the the more 69 degrees below 67 francisco a few degrees warmer than yesterday at 61 right now. Michelle apon the rest of the bay opera 80s to write our 90 plan on mid to upper 70s by tomorrow it is one to be on the slightly we w
This Oakland Hills will seek to bridge as a to a school for the peninsula it is still one to be hot harder than it was yesterday is what it is like right now 58 in this city we have 64 in san jose and a mix of the ultimate synthesis temper the to they would develop 9 00 tree chicanas of predicting at that point widespread 70s by the banks will have to see by noontime for sure 80s and 90s it will be a predominant makes about 100 and digging in for about 3 00 the afternoon. Michelle apon convert 100 into your survey reading the record of 95¢ a roll the 100 as well by 10 degrees and not bought 96 beat the record of 81 hey what was the biggest increase and High Temperature of 91 years in a record of 78 common will talk about what wreckers to expect for today. Darya quite on the side of the highway of highway 24 and lafayette jacket was live to the scene in fact saw the Fire Fighters roll up and now were watching the mob of after a quick look at the fire. Jackie sissel they have a control
Hours since the fire started, and it has already grown to more than 3,000 acres. More than 300 firefighters are on the fire lines, and more have been requested. Cal fire says the flames have been moving fast and homes east of the town of lower lake are evacuated. One resident told us five homes have been lost, but so far, cal fire isnt confirming that. Earlier tonight, we spoke to a woman who lives in lower lake. Reporter theres lots of branches there, theres a lot of homes, and theyre going in, theyre rescuing people. Theres trailers. People getting their animals out. If that fire jumps, theres no water in the creek. The fire is burning through brush and timber that is very dry from our drought. We do have a crew on the scene. They are telling us the flames are moving away from the town of lower lake now, but homes and ranches there are still threatened. An Evacuation Center is also opened at the highland senior center. Take a look at this picture of the fire, it was posted to ktvu fa
Several outbuildings have been destroyed. But they dont know the specific number. Triple digit temperature, humidity in the teens, dry fuel, steep terrain. Once daylight come air tankers will return and drop retardent. Theres Evacuation Center for people and animal. Heres a picture of the photo. Wow. You can see how close the flames came to an apartment complex. It is the rocky fire. Flames were spotted off rocky road. I want to go to another perspective. Theres so much smoke, its picked up on radar. The National Weather Service Posted this radar image of the same fire. 4 01 is the time, its a good time to check in with steve on the weather conditions. Its hot. Were the last ones to cool off, lake county. Not too bad, shows favoritism to the west, they dont get fog up there. It will take another day to cool off. Maybe cloud cover coming in later today but most likely tomorrow temperature the are very warm, 104 yesterday in clearlake, the temperatures are warm, in the 70s right now, hum