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Local News | Weather | Sports | Traffic | 5 On Your Side | Business | Lifestyles | Entertainment | Health Team Local News Wake School Board Scours County for Land, Help Apex Man Charged With Child Sex Abuse Cyclist Charged in Rocky Mount Slaying Body of Missing Woman Found in Wilson Panel Upholds Stripping St. Andrews of Accreditation Low Lake Levels Lead to Historic Find State Fair Tickets Available Online Sept. 4 Easley Waives Restrictions for Trucks Aiding in Drought Relief Medical Board Wants Death Penalty Lawsuit Dropped Roxboro Police Investigate Man's Death Burning Ban Douses Holiday Campfires Road Construction on Hold for Labor Day Weekend Motives of Granville Leadership Class Questioned Parent Doesn't Want Children to Learn of Teacher's Sex Change Easley's Development Proposal Could Doom Goodyear Grants Former Duke Lacrosse Prosecutor Heads to Court Wake Schools Cuts Some Bus Service to After-School Club Man Killed by Train in Durham Prosecutor: Wrongful Conviction Is 'Nightmare' Weather WRAL WeatherCenter Blog : Hello, hope you're doing good. This may be so far out there it's stupid but I just got to ask. With the drought in mind is there any way that you know of that we could use ocean water to assist with our water shortage? Had a friend stationed on a submarine years ago and I remember him telling me they used ocean water for their fresh water needs on board. Told me how the salt was fairly easily removed and that it actually tasted pretty good to drink. I realize the initial costs would be very high but after the initial steps are in place and people look at the alternatives, if any, it just may be worth looking into it even being possible. So, like I said, I ask cause I don't know. Thank you! WRAL WeatherCenter Blog : I notice all the time when I'm reading the National Hurricane Center's tropical weather discussions, and meteorologists in general, routinely speak of upper level features and surface features. How high up in the atmosphere does a feature need to be to be considered "upper level". Thank you for taking questions. I hope this one has not been asked before! WRAL WeatherCenter Blog : My son read this in the 2006 Guinness Book of Records - "Most freakish temperature rise - The temperature rose from -4 degrees F to 44 degrees F in two minutes at Spearfish, South Dakota on January 22, 1943." Would you explain meteorologically how this could have happened? Thanks. WRAL WeatherCenter Blog : The recent question about days over 95 in August leads me to a related one: what's the normal number of days 90 and above in a summer? And the normal number of 100+ days? Are we at a record yet in these categories? Sports Tom Suiter : Here Comes Football Friday: Week 2 Traffic No Road Work Over Holiday Weekend 5 On Your Side Newlyweds: We Want Wedding Photos Business Funders Pour $50 Million into Workforce Spangler Awards $667,000 to UNCW RDU Soon to Offer Two Nonstop Flights to Fort Lauderdale Lifestyles Bill Leslie's Carolina Conversations : Quest 50 Continues!!! Entertainment Health Team Dentists Spread Blessings Across State