The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 24

NATION TUESDAY OCTOBFR 15 2002 13A An THF CHARI OTTF OBFRVFR I www charlotte com MURDER TRIAL Forecast calls for soggy commute curiosity turned up big clue WeathcimM Reginald Carr 24 and Jonathan Carr 22 are on trial on 113 charges including murder after a nine-day rampage in 2000 Prosecutors say the ring Greene found was the engagement ring Jason Befort planned to give his girlfriend Investigators say Befort 26 his girlfriend and four friends were kidnapped from a home forced to engage in sexual acts and withdraw money from teller machines They were all shot execution-style as they knelt in the snow on a dark soccer field Only girlfriend survived Monday family members of the four victims identified items that had belonged to their loved ones and were found in Reginald apartment By Roxana Hegeman Associated Press WICHITA Kan Toni Greene told jurors Monday that she was just being a nosy mother when she went through the jacket of a young man her teenage daughter met at the mall days earlier She said she found a diamond ring in Jonathan leather jacket Later that day after she heard on television that an engagement ring had been stolen from the victims of a quadruple homicide she gathered her daughter and niece and went to a house to call 91L Jonathan Carr bolted from the house where he had been staying when police arrived and was arrested Hours earlier his brother Reginald Carr was arrested at his apartment TODD SUMLIN-STAFF PHOTO James Wilks surveys the floating furniture and appliances in the basement of his Glendale Acres home in northwest Charlotte on Monday rain left about three feet of water In the lower level emergency officials advance warning of floods the system comprises 70 gauges set in area streams and creeks The system fully operational but its gauges are working did get some notifications that the creeks were reaching the point that we need to keep an eye on said Bill Tingle manager of the stormwater planning department hoping to have this system up and running and providing information to emergency responders within the next The gauges will help with larger floods but pockets of the city will continue to flood before officials can get there Sands said of the watersheds in the city rise he said Officials will test their responses to floods both large and small if weather forecasters are right just getting into a better pattern for meteorologist Hinson said looks like El Niilo is starting up again which brings more El Niho is a weather phenomenon created when warm water invades the usually cold water off South Pacific coast That injection of warm water upsets normal weather patterns and usually means more rain But think the drought is over Despite the rain and expected downpour weather officials say the region is still several good storms away from normal water tables are so low and stream levels are at record Hinson said even if you get a lot of rain in a couple of days because the streams are so low they will come right back After today skies should remain clear the rest of the week Sunday is the next day rain is likely Hinson said Temperatures will stay in the upper 60s during the day and mid-40s at night will definitely feel like fall once this (rain) gets he said good news for fall leaf watchers The drought and recent rains did cause some trees to lose their leaves early but it should still be a decent leaf season said Larry Mellichamp a biology professor at UNC Charlotte things that make good Tips for driving in rain In storms harder to see other vehicles road signs and the road also harder to maneuver your car Here are some tips: obvious but slow down It takes longer to stop or adjust on wet roads And talk on the phone Stay toward the middle lanes Water tends to pool in outside lanes Drive in the tracks of the car ahead of you Avoid using your brakes if possible Take your foot off the accelerator to slow down Never drive through water if you can't see the ground through it If you see the road pull 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