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Could a home be tornado proof?

The price point for a monolithic dome home is usually about 15-20 percent more expensive than traditionally built homes.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS)- Michael Cobb is a physics professor at Southeast Missouri State University and said a monolithic dome might be the answer to surviving severe tornadoes.

He said a monolithic dome is a steel reinforced thin concrete shell structure.

Cobb said FEMA has certified the dome structure as nearly indestructible. He said it can withstand winds up to 350 miles an hour, and hold off 2x4 boards traveling at 100 miles per hour. But, as long as the structures have windows and doors they’re not completely tornado proof. He said those are the weak points when it comes to a tornado.

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Dot the Camel and friends filling 42-ft. trailer with supplies for Moore, Okla.

Dot the Camel and friends filling 42-ft. trailer with supplies for Moore, Okla.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Dot the Camel, the 5-H Ranch and the John D. Hale Band are all teaming up to collect supplies to fill a 42-foot camel trailer with supplies to be delivered to Moore, Oklahoma to help in the clean up efforts.

They will be accepting donations at the 5-H Ranch on Saturday from 2 p.m to 6 p.m. and are looking for other places to take the trailer so that they can collect as many supplies as possible.

According to Liz Hale with Camel Ranch Entertainment, people can make monetary donations and they will go buy the supplies or people can bring items out such as:

37th Annual Old Timers Days May 25-26

37th Annual Old Timers Days May 25-26

PERRYVILLE, MO (KFVS) - The River Hills Antique Tractor Club will hold the 37th annual Old Timers Days on May 25 and 26.

The event will be at the Seminary Picnic Grounds in Perryville, Mo. There will be antique tractors, cars and trucks on display as well as threshing, sawmilling, hay bailing, corn shelling and more.

Several area crafters will be there as well.

For more information, you can call Allen Muench at 573-587-2813 or Jerry Davis at 273-547-4556.

For craft show information, you can all Mary Lou Muench at 573-824-5828 or Sandy Davis and Pam Klaus at 573-547-4556 or e-mail pklaus@davisfs.com.

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Howell St. and Cape Rock Dr. to be closed starting May 28

Howell St. and Cape Rock Dr. to be closed starting May 28

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The City of Cape Girardeau says work will begin on the Howell Street Bridge near Jane Drive at 7 a.m. on May 28.

Work will close the bridge for about five weeks, weather permitting. Tasks will include removing the existing box culvert structure and replacing it with a new single span bridge structure.

Contractor Zoellner Construction from Perryville, Mo. was awarded the contract for $508,000. Funding was made available by the 2008 Parks and Recreation Stormwater Tax.

According to the city, once the Howell Street Bridge is complete, possibly in early July, work will begin on the Cape Rock Drive Bridge near Dennis Scivally Park.

The city's 2010 traffic study data indicates that over 7,000 people use the Cape Rock Bridge every day.

Detour signs will be set up to guide drivers around the work area, and drivers are asked to use caution and consider using alternate routes.

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Cape Air Festival to be June 28, 29

Cape Air Festival to be June 28, 29

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS ) - The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival will be Friday June 28 and Saturday 29.

Gates open at 5 p.m. Friday with opening ceremonies beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Several performers are scheduled to entertain:

Aerostar Aerobatic Team
Bill Leff
Kent Pietsch
Mike Rinker
Randy Ball
Mass Sky Lantern Launch and Memorial
Fireworks Display

Gates open Saturday at 10 a.m. with opening ceremonies beginning at noon.

Aerostar Aerobatic Team
Bill Leff
Kent Pietsch
Mike Rinker
Randy Ball
Parachute Demonstrations

Saturday will also feature demonstrations from the Missouri State Highway Patrol and an extrication demonstration by the Cape Girardeau Fire Department.

***Schedules are approximate and subject to change***

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100 mile yard sale kicks off along Route 25

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS)- Thursday kicks off the 100-mile yard sale along Route 25.

About 3,000 people are expected to be selling their stuff in the sale.

The sale normally attracts shoppers from across the country.

It stretches all the way from Jackson, Mo. to Kennett, Mo. and runs through Memorial Day.

Learn more here.

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Old Town Cape launches blog

Old Town Cape launches blog

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Old Town Cape has launched a blog promoting downtown Cape Girardeau's shopping, dining, entertainment and professional services.

The blog can be visited at [www.oldtowncape.org/blog].

According to Nicholle Hinkle, project manager with Old Town Cape, blog content will feature downtown events, the people of downtown and downtown businesses.

Old Town Cape encourages downtown businesses to participate with the blog in order to engage with new and existing customers.

For more information contact Old Town Cape at (573) 334-8085.

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