Northeast. Wednesday at 8 p. M. 65 mileperhour winds, a portion of the tampa bay area in that cone of error. Later thursday at 8 p. M. With 60 mileperhour winds keeping in mind the strongest part of the storm, the advancing part of the storms, the winds counter clockwise would be south of that spinning icon and long term pushing off to the northeast quickly friday and eventually saturday. Really the focus on thursday primarily for stronger winds and also higher winds and rains that may carries basically what the Spaghetti Models are saying here for tropical depression 9 off in that now familiar direction. You can see why the forecast is following that track. Sandbag locations have been set up at a number of locations all over the bay area. In most cases youll need to show identification to prove you live in the area where you pick up your free sandbags. We have a list of the sandbag locations on our website www. Wfla. Com. You can also read our lurk prepare hurricane guide to make sure
Weve seen a lot of wrong way drivers this time a deputy had a close call. It happened along i 75 near exit 200. Investigators tell 10News Reporter Kendra Conlon the driver had been in the breakdown lane for at least 6 miles. Its terrifying for these drivers to from a Sarasota County squad car. Just before 11 monday morning wrong way driver barreling down the i75 shoulder. As fast as 70 miles an hour right for him. And you can see there are plenty of other cars out on the busy interstate. The deputy got a good look as the driver zoomed by. Heading the wrong way onto the on ramp. He didnt follow the dangerous driver, but alerted other deputies. Who put an end to the wild ride. Investigators say ramp. He didnt follow the dangerous driver, but alerted other deputies. Who put an end to the wild ride. Investigators say wrong way driver ryan fleury reeked of alcohol, had slurred speech, and stumbled as he walked not wearing any shoes. Records show the 21 year old had a blood alcohol level 3an
Morning the deputy sees a wrong way driver barrelling down i75 shoulder as fast as 70 miles an hour right for him. That deputy had his lights and siren on signal ling for that driver to stop. You can see there are plenty of other cars out on the busy interstate. The deputy got a good look as the driver zoomed by heading the wrong way on to the onramp. He alerted other deputies who put an end to the wild ride. Killed. Investigators say wrong way driver ryan fleury wreaked of walked. His blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. He should lose his license for a long time for that. He was apologetic. [ indiscernible ] defending where that depending where that vehicle is on the roadway. Call 911 right away. Innocent extreme people and even a deputy could have been hurt. Tonight we talked to fleury who is out of jail. He didnt want to comment on his arrest. Severe weather hit several areas in the southeast today. New tonight we are getting information about a possible tornado hit
Numbers if you have an emergency. There also at our website, wtsp. Com. You can hear, a rally outside the headquarters for pinellas schools. A push to make changes at schools that of the worst in the state. We are there live right now jonathan, what is going on behind you . A couple of dozen protesters trying to get the Pinellas County school board to listen and make changes to what is basically the five were schools in the entire state. This comes from a massive Tampa Bay Times investigation labeling of the failure factory. And essentially they say 2007 the school board got rid of integration and all the schools, which led to this situation. They didnt keep up with funding in the poorer schools as promised. There was massive teacher promised. There was massive teacher turnover and a lot of problems this investigation started over the summer. The National Secretary of education is coming, the state of floridas also investigating. Coming up tonight at 6 00 p. M. We will have reaction fr
Speemac it used to be a fairly straightforward thing where people would use the phone, would probably be a phone that was traceable. It is a lot easier guess for people to hide when they are doing Something Like this. But without revealing anything we do, we have ways of finding out who did these things. And we do find out who did it is a very serious offense. Its a seconddegree felony and you can have that on your record. Speemac for parents they say the phone calls and Text Messages from the schools alerting them of the situation is something they unfortunately are getting used too. Speemac it is what we are facing. Its the kind of life we are now having to face of the horrible reality. Law enforcement hopes getting the word out on how severe and kind of punishment those making threats could face could make a dent in the amount of lot down. Developing tonight, some st. Pete parents want changes when it comes to their childrens education. Schools and f grade , and they are the worst p