Rivers, Geographic Information on North Carolina, our special collection and archives North Carolina room is only at the main branch. We do have small collections in the library. We have books because people like to read these books. The main one is here at the branch and this is part of the o owen berry branch. The particular thing about this question is there is a bit of everything. Information about the owen letters. The governor of North Carolina, this is his family. They were enslaved by the family and his name was omar sied. He was born in africa, around the area where the senegal river is in an area called futa. He was raised in a family that was quite well off. He taught people in his village. Something happened. There is questions on what exactly happened but he was sold in a slavery and brought into the port of charleston and had a slaverholder there who treated him quite kindly. This was in his own words from his autobiography. After that he was purchased by a gentlemen who
Important things that literature can do, is a country something you think you know from an entirely different perspective and deepen the way you think about it. Im standing in the North Carolina room of the New Hanover County library were my brain Jennifer Dorn has pulled up some pieces that help tell the story of North Carolinas history. We are kind of unique as a special collections because special collections are usually kind of hard to access if you went to university or to a historical society, but because were in a public library, with open to anyone pick u if anyone wants to use our materials they just come in, we asked him to read over all rules and fill out a registration card and then they can use the materials. The North Carolina room is a realm and the new Hanover Public library where we focus on materials that have to do with North Carolina. There are books about biology, rivers, geography of North Carolina. Our special collections and archives room, the North Carolina ren
Meteorologist Chris Hohmann plus. Bracing for the storm. Hurricane matthew cutting a deadly path of destruction across the caribbean the southeast coast preparing for the worst. We have team coverage. And. Gripping testimony in the chandler kaina trial. What his friends say happened the moments before he made the deadly decision to drive. Eyewitness news lifethreatening hours ahead as Hurricane Matthew begins swarming the florida coast. dangerous wind and torrential rain pickingup by the minute. The National Weather service saying matthew will be devastating unlike any hurricane in the modern era. And tonight governor pat mccrory has declared a state of emergency for all 100 assistance to anyone who may need it. Good evening everyone. Im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. The now a category 4 storm causing Major Concerns in the caribbean and the southeast. We have live coverage up and down the coastline. But first, lets get the latest on matthews track from chief meteorologist Chris H
Its here. Its absolutely here. Reporter high winds and heavy rain. Hurricane matthew is batters floridas coast. Were already seeing the impacts, and its a monster. Again, our number one priority is protecting every life in the state. Reporter but the worst hasnt hit just yet. The tomorrow is expected to pound the area with high surf and spawn tornadoes. This storm will kill you. Reporter 2 Million People in matthews path have been told to get out of way. Its th since super storm sandy in 2012. It could destroy homes and cut power to millions, possibly for days, and First Responders may not be there to help. This is really a serious storm. We have in every way tried to prepare as much as possible to keep you safe as possible. Reporter and to that end here in florida theyre doing what they can to keep people safe. Theyve opened 130 shelters across the state. Problem accommodating people, urging people if they dont have a safe place to be they need to make it to the shelters to stay safe.
Any time on wral. Com but right now we want to know what elizabeth thinks of all this. Boy, we do. This is so interesting. This storm has been affected so much by the steering currents in the upper levels of the atmosphere and sometimes, its cut and dried. But in this case, there has been a lot of moving parts, and we are trying to figure out which one will affect us, and even now, the track of the storm has shifted and in this case, potentially shifting back closer to North Carolina. This is a look at the the storm, and we get a new track update at the top of the hour and little has changed, moving northeast at 14 Miles Per Hour and coming past Cape Canaveral with reports of 107 wind gusts, 101 Miles Per Hour for the wind gusts in Cape Canaveral and strong winds stretching across a good bit of florida. Taking over the satellite goes. It will continue to hug the coast of george georgia and South Carolina. And here is the forecast track, closer to the coast of North Carolina saturday ni