Thursday, May 23 2013 6:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:26:46 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Tipton County Sheriff's Office continues to search for a man who reportedly went missing with his motorcycle Wednesday. Michael Olin Holland, Jr., 32, was last seen wearing his work uniformMore >>
The Tipton County Sheriff's Office continues to search for a man who reportedly went missing with his motorcycle Wednesday.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:18 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:18:19 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A man is under arrest and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor after images of child sexual abuse were found on his personal property left behind after being fired from a job. ScottyMore >>
A man is under arrest and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor after images of child sexual abuse were found on his personal property left behind after being fired from a job.More >>
The magazine's health experts brief Andy Wise on the risks of beef that's been tenderized by machines before it's shipped to stores and restaurants.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:33 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:33:15 GMT
(WMC-TV) - It is going to be the biggest private company renovation in Whitehaven since Graceland was remodeled. This time, it is Kroger making the changes. Changes to the tune of $5 million. In justMore >>
It is going to be the biggest private company renovation in Whitehaven since Graceland was remodeled. This time, it is Kroger making the changes. Changes to the tune of $5 million.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:21 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:21:05 GMT
(WMC-TV) - In Oklahoma, friends and family gathered for the funeral service for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado. Antonia Candelaria is the first victim to be laid to rest. Governor Mary FallinMore >>
In Oklahoma, friends and family gathered for the funeral service for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado, while volunteers from across the country look to help the victims. More >>
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TAMPA, FL (WMC-TV) - Researchers recently blew down a perfectly good house to demonstrate how a few thousand dollars can help ensure high winds from a tornado or other disaster don't destroy your home.
Torturing houses to test their durability is the job of the catastrophe lab at the Institute for Business and Home Safety.
"This facility is incredible," researcher Anne Cope said. "It's unique. There's none like it in the entire world."
Cope is a researcher at the institute who uses more than 100 fans, water cannons, and flaming embers to generate natural disasters.
"Now is the time to take a bigger step forward, and put a full scale building into a lab like ours to be able to see what's going on in mother nature," she said.
To do that, the lab's fans are used to produce winds of up to 100 miles an hour - the same gusts produced by the summer storm of 2003 in the Mid-South.
"We'll be able to simulate hail, strike building components, and design better ways to prevent hail damage every year," Cope said.
Dr. Tim Reinhold says testing full-sized components is critical because some items, like shingles, can't be realistically scaled down.
"We know from a calculation standpoint what we expect to happen, but seeing it in the demonstration will be new to us as well," Reinhold said.
For a recent test, two identical homes built to the specifications of a house in the middle of Illinois were brought to the lab as test dummies. One home was built of fortified materials, like metal straps along its base and roof. The total cost of the reinforcement was about $5,000.
After demonstrations involving water, wind and debris, the reinforced house was still standing. The other home, however, was a wreck.
"Superior construction so better than code, because code is a minimum standard for life safety, and we want people to do better than that," said IBHS CEO Julie Rochman.
Researchers at the Institute for Business and Home Safety say builders normally don't use higher-end, fortified materials unless a homeowner requests it, or if building codes require it.
Insurance companies paid for the tests, looking for ways to cut down on losses from natural disasters.
The company's left a 15-state trail of phony book and magazine sales. Andy Wise followed its trail to a $1/2 million house in a gated community off Holmes Rd.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:52 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:52:45 GMT
(WMC-TV) - There is a major slowdown in Memphis this Thursday morning, where a tractor trailer has flipped on Interstate 240 Westbound at the Walnut Grove exit. All lanes of Westbound I-240 have beenMore >>
There is a major slowdown in Memphis this Thursday morning, where a tractor trailer has flipped on Interstate 240 Westbound at the Walnut Grove exit.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:22 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:22:07 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Bartlett Medal of Honor recipient has died. Vernon McGarity, a U.S. Army Veteran, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II in 1952. Action News 5 spoke with McGarityMore >>
A Bartlett Medal of Honor recipient has died. Vernon McGarity, a U.S. Army Veteran, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II in 1952.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:55 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:55:08 GMT
(RNN) - Dozens of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life. Charles Ramsey, the guy who famously stopped eating his Big MacMore >>
More than a dozen of Cleveland restaurants have pledged to give the man who rescued three Ohio women from captivity, free burgers for life.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:00:22 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis mother defends her teenage son who is charged with murdering someone at a graduation party. Rebecca Miller and her son are anything but strangers to Action News 5. Our station helpedMore >>
A Memphis mother defends her teenage son who is charged with murdering someone at a graduation party.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:40 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:40:29 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The Memphis Police Department issued a city watch for a 12-year-old boy Wednesday night. Robert McBride II was last seen leaving his residence on foot on Jamaica Avenue. He has a mohawk, andMore >>
The Memphis Police Department canceled a city watch for a 12-year-old boy Wednesday night.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:24 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:24:43 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Memphis skateboard shop was going under until the Grizzlies' big wins, that is when owner Hunter Demster started selling T-shirts. The "Grind City" shirts saved his Midtown business whichMore >>
A Memphis skateboard shop was going under until the Grizzlies' big wins, that is when owner Hunter Demster started selling T-shirts.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:50 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:50:12 GMT
(WMC-TV) - The U.S Attorney's office of the Eastern District of Arkansas sentenced a former West Memphis councilman and a West Memphis police officer for a conspiracy to commit election fraud. Former WestMore >>
District Judge Kristine Baker sentenced a former West Memphis councilman and a West Memphis police officer for a conspiracy to commit election fraud.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:00:20 GMT
(WMC-TV) - A Mid-South mother of four is convinced that one of her sons was murdered. And after spending the past four years trying to prove it, she is turning to the Action News 5 Investigators. FrancesMore >>
A Mid-South mother of four is convinced that one of her sons was murdered. And after spending the past four years trying to prove it, she is turning to the Action News 5 Investigators.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:38 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:38:14 GMT
MOORE, OK - The trembling, mud-spattered dog whose photo went viral on Tuesday was not actually standing watch over her owner's body - her name is Susie, her owner is named Curtis Collins, and he's alive.ThanksMore >>
There's a happy ending to the story of the little dog who was found standing guard over a body after the EF-5 tornado that decimated her neighborhood in Moore, OK. Her owner is alive, and they have been reunited thanks to the viral photo. More >>
