Museum of the Civil War Soldier located near petersburg, virginia. He previously served as the first president of the association for the preservation of civil war sites from 1990 to 1994, an early version of what today we know as the American Battlefield trust. Hes also spent time as a historian including local fredericksburg in spotsylvania. Hes also served in other capacities. Dedicated researcher, a prolific writer, he has published more than 20 works on the civil war, on stonewall jackson, st. Petersburg, virginia, 1861 to 1865, and my favorite, the final battles of the petersburg campaign. His latest book, a campaign of giant is certainly a mustread a campaign of giants is certainly a must read for all civil war enthusiasts. I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to do the maps for buck. I said, you know what . Youre doing good work and he gave me an opportunity to showcase that so that im most grateful. Will is certainly a historian that we all look up to but hes not just
The entire bay area in mere seconds. As the bay area reflects on the past we are looking forward toward being prepared for future earthquakes. Just a few moments at uc berkeley a launch of the my shake app gets under way. Heres what people will hear on their phones when that app goes off. Earthquake, drop, cover, hold on, shaking expected. It wont predict an earthquake but it can provide people with critical seconds to get to safety. The system was years in the making and feeds off a statewide network of seismic detectors designed to trigger the warnings. When the loma prieta earthquake on everyones minds events are taking place across the bay area to get folks prepared for the next big one. Pete suratos is live in San Francisco with some of the details there. Good morning, pete. Good morning to you. A number of events taking place right here in San Francisco including the great california shakeout. I want to show you video within the past half hour happening here in San Francisco. You
Oakland where the governor and other state leaders unveiled that new program. Reporter they had a public unveiling and a News Conference where they talked about the new earthquake Early Warning system via that my shake app. The media still here, about to leave the pier where we are. The app called, my shake, is free to download and was developed by uc berkeleys seismologists and also from around the west coast. University of washington and oregon as well. It will not be able to predict . But the app can alert users to take cover and prepare seconds before shaking, the shaking of a major quake reaches them. The system uses sensors buried in the ground across the state and it detects the start of earthquake, calculates the location and intensity and send a warning to your phone if youre in an area where shaking is likely to happen. It works similar to the amber alert system using the same wireless notification system to send out those warnings. At the unveiling and this News Conference,
Problem is that the symbol has become. To say hey we are part of this group you are. Taking you through some of the biggest stories right here over the past 7 days 1st off im going to start in the u. S. Where the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump rumbles on and now a 2nd whistle blower is reportedly considering filing a complaint over the president s dealings with ukraine and that intelligence official is said to have more direct information than the person who 1st raised the. Democrats spearheading the probe demanding protections for the informants involved so thats a far cry from attitudes to other whistleblowers in recent. Reports. We are now told that in this dark age of trumping tyranny one heroic individual has spoken up like a voice crying out in the wilderness we dont know his name or his occupation but we know that he is good and i think the whistleblower did the right thing i think he followed the law every step of the way the Inspector General of the Intelligen
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