[all4one]

Code Red Emergency at Fletcher High School (Jacksonville, FL - as of 11:30 a.m. today)

Last Update: 3/2/2005 11:29:04 AM

Students have been locked down in their classrooms at Fletcher High School due to a possible hand grenade threat.

Sources say a student from the school called the Sheriff’s Department claiming there was a hand grenade in the building.

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I found the following on the Fox News site for Jacksonville...I have never hear of "Red Flag Warnings for Low Humidities" before...what does this mean?

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DUE TO MARGINAL DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 943 AM EST WED MAR 2 2005 GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-022300- APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BRANTLEY-CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND

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[wakingup]

"I found the following on the Fox News site for Jacksonville...I have never hear of "Red Flag Warnings for Low Humidities" before...what does this mean?".

I think their warning people of the fire danger level. .

[Myrddin]

RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA DUE TO MARGINAL DURATIONS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

Red Flag alerts are issued when low humidity raises the fire danger to a critical level. Many of my early experiences in ham radio public service were associated with "red flag" patrols. I literally had a route to drive through the back country to check for any hotspots. Amateur radio provided a means of directly alerting the forestry and fire officials to jump on a problem while it was small.

[Cindy]

Weather question in post no. 4048, nw.