Late Afternoon Update--4:30 pm, CDT

July 27, 2005, 3:39 pm
Posted by J.B. Elliott in Severe Weather
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NWS/Huntsville has Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for Marshall County until 5 pm and for Jackson County until 5:15. The storms were...

West of Scottsboro, moving east at 15
Near Arab, moving slowly east at 5 mph toward Guntersville

Other notes...
Heavy rain has diminished in Shelby County except the NE part. Pouring now over NE Shelby County and along the St. Clair-Talladega County line.

0.66 rainfall in Greystone Cove (James Spann)

Moderate to heavy showers also east edge of Tuscaloosa County and North Bibb County.

A personal note...
I am overdosed on Daylight Saving Time and now Congress is going to give me more????
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Posted by Margie Richardson - Rainbow City  
on July 27, 2005, 3:51 pm
When are they planning on doing that? I would like that in the fall :) More time to play in the afternoons....golf!!

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on July 27, 2005, 4:19 pm
Margie, It's supposed to go into effect in March of 2007 if Bush doesn't veto it. There are good points and bad points to it. A few of the negatives: it will cost the airline industry millions because we'll be off schedule with Europe and landing slots will be off, computer and electrical companies will have to spend millions developing patches for equipment and hardware to offset the change. Guess who's going to pay for those costs?? Also, it will mean children will be standing in the dark for school buses. A few benefits: more light in the evenings, more light on Halloween to keep kids safer and supposedly lower energy costs (I'm not sure I buy this one...the sun will set and lights will have to come on whether you're at work or at home).

Probably more than you wanted to know but that's the long and short of it.


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