Market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do is set the stage for the bread riots, give you an idea for the conditions under which it occurred, and then ill talk about the riot itself and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keen. He wrote some insightful things. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. And he said flour in the city is 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Pound. 1. 25 per then he said the scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. Price schedule he is talking about is basically the government prices that farmers had to abide by when they sold goods to the army. So, the farmers resent these prices. Corn, and meet, as meat, as soon as they were brought to towns, there was a surplus. Unless the secretary changes his policy and buys in the market for the best price. And then he concluded there
60,000 homes and businesses in that region, they have already been left without power. President obama has ordered a state of emergency in florida, and hell send federal aid for that region. Government officials are working right now to make sure that everyone understands just how serious this storm is. This is likely the largest and most powerful hurricane to hit the United States in a decade or so. And the preparations that we have been making in advance of this storm i think are indicative we think it is. Do not surf. D not go on the beach. This will kill you. And people again told to get out of the path of the storm, and those who stayed behind may have a rough time of it, thats for sure. Firefighters in one county are now saying it is too dangerous for them to respond to calls. They are advising people to stay indoors. Experts say that storm will hug the hug coast as it makes its way up the coasts of georgia and South Carolina and then make its phoenix bound passengers came very c
60,000 homes and businesses in that region, they have already been left without power. President obama has ordered a state of emergency in florida, and hell send federal aid for that region. Government officials are working right now to make sure that everyone understands just how serious this storm is. This is likely the largest and most powerful hurricane to hit the United States in a decade or so. And the preparations that we have been making in advance of this storm i think are indicative we think it is. Do not surf. D not go on the beach. This will kill you. And people again told to get out of the path of the storm, and those who stayed behind may have a rough time of it, thats for sure. Firefighters in one county are now saying it is too dangerous for them to respond to calls. They are advising people to stay indoors. Experts say that storm will hug the hug coast as it makes its way up the coasts of georgia and South Carolina and then make its phoenix bound passengers came very c
Are coming back to. In addition to the charlotte stations kannapolis, china grove and others have fallen victim to the breakins. We have members providing a service for citizens, and its sad that they have to worry about their personal property while protecting the citizens. Until the suspects are caught fire station also remain on high alert and ask the people to do the same. We will keep an eye on on suspicious vehicles. We are not going to stand for to be we want the community to be vigilant if you see something call 911 because this has to stop. Now, captain says all fire stations have some form of security. Now any footage that officials have is not being released to the public. Wbtv on your side. Thank you. New, fewer people are in jail which means a few changes in mecklenberg county. Today that he plans to relocate the majority of inmates at the jail north facility. This is a consolidation move since the population continues to drop. The average daily population is about 1400 in
See there briefly, there is his car and there is the log truck. He said he just pulled up to the scene not long ago as well. There was another officer investigating, he left to be with the driver who was taken to the hospital. The drivers injuries are not known. The trooper said he just got here, doing an investigation, not too clear exactly what happened of why the driver overturned but like i said it is foggy, dark, be still no clearcut conclusion of how that driver overturned his log truck but nonetheless, it is overturned you can see there but no lanes are blocked going in either direction, no logs scattered across the road. There is one car off in the median, the state trooper told me the car did knick one of the logs that fell off the truck but other than that, no injuries other than the driver of the log truck being taken to the hospital. Ill be out here trying to get more answers as soon as i do ill update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. Reporting live in Iredell County, As