. >> in the heart of tornado alley in oklahoma city, oakdale elementary was hit twice. >> in 2003 thatool was completely destroyed. >> they took the engineers at texas tech and built a gym that doubles as a safe room. >> when you have students in an age group 4 to 14, we knew we needed to build a gym. we knew maybe we could do something to address those safety concerns. we tawld the architect -- we called the architect and said this is your job. and they did. >> to tell us what kind of construction will withstand those project isles. >> jeff and john design oa oakdale's safe room. >> the pressure of 250 mile-per-hour wind or an efi tornado. >> these walls were really thick. thickened to become a safe room. 12 inches thick. >> another important thing in the safe room is the connections. where the wall and the room intersect, you don't want that coming apart and the roof comes off and then the wall can fail and all these kind of terrible things can happen. >> is that where the innovation lies? >> the two forces pulling the walls apart and the projectiles coming through the walls. >> he s

philadelphia housing authority breaking ground yesterday on oakdale street. that's where new development is going up. right now, plans for that development include eight townhomes, and 41-bedroom amounts, and if all stays on track, people can start moving in next spring. >>> all right, if you don't pick up after your dog, someone may be capturing that. where your dirty deed might show up for ♪ the world famous fries you love, plus a shake of three new flavors you add. introducing mcdonald's shakin' flavor fries. shake up something new to love at mcdonald's. >>> looks like still little bit of rain around. but things are improving. kacie mentioned this earlier. we got a lot of tweets about this yesterday. of course it is thunder over the boardwalk, atlantic city air show is today. starts at 11:00 a.m. there is a chance of a stray shower, but i think what we are mostly dealing with are mostly cloudy skies, so it is up to of course the aviators to decide if it is safe enough with the cloud feeling for that for them to go up. 80 degrees by then, 85 by 2:00 p.m. wi

the philadelphia hous housing authority broke ground today on oakdale street a lot to cheer about. that's right. this is where a new development is going up. right now, plans for the development include eight townhomes and 41 bedroom apartments. in all of this stays on track, people can start moving in next spring. >> turning back to your fox 29 weather authority now, severe flooding across southeast michigan closes roads and leaves drivers stranded. a woman even died when her vehicle became stranded in 3 feet of water in suburban detroit. some areas have seen more than 6-inches of rain. here's chief meteorologist scott williams now with what we can expect in our area, scott. >> good evening, iain. good evening, everyone. heavy rainfall occurring in sections delaware right now. look at some of the new totals coming in. new castle county work to 3-inches of rain already. look at just south of baltimore. over a half a foot and over 4-inches south of washington, d.c. so some of the heavier rainfall south of the philadelphia area right now and i think the heaviest will stay in sections

sears on broadway in oakdale's uptown neighborhood is closing today.partners developers bought the 89-year-old build for $25 million. lane partners plans to convert the upper floors into office space to attract tech companies to the east bay. the first floor will likely be rented out to retail shops. we have much more ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. new terror warnings issued to western countries because of isis threats to western countries. and the staggering number of unwanted horses and the efforts by local volunteers to keep them from being sent off to slaughter. >> good morning again. we are starting this half-hour with a look at weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, tiffany. we are looking at more and more sunshine as the minutes go by in emeryville. temperatures are already through the 60s in most neighborhoods. 63 in the north bay and novato n the east bay valleys 67 degrees. nearly 70 by the delta. here's a look at our visible picture. the fog is right here along the coastline. it's also over into 580 near hayward, down throu

after that, they will hold a march and rally, go from third to oakdale to the mlk swimming poo.ggered by the -- swimming pool. this was triggered by a rise in crime. >>> a bay area community is making sure that underprivileged kids can create in art classes for free. the program offers, dance, and other classes. now they are trying to raise money to bring those classes to at least six underfunded bare schools for free. the kl has set up a kick -- company has set up a kick starter page and are hoping to raise $23,000 by wednesday. ktvu will have a link to the page. you can find it under the web link section at ktvu.com. you can find more bay area school openings under our special back-to-school section. it's under today's hot topics at ktvu.com. >>> twitter's latest experiment with users' time lines is not proving very popular. now when a user favorites a tweet, it does not stay semiprivate. instead, it will be tweeted like a re-tweet. the change means users can see tweets favorited by people who they follow. some users are being notified when someone they follow followers a new

sur coverage here -- this i oakdale high school. people say about cousins. he is playing with confidence and moving the offense like it is supposed to move. >> he hasn't changed. to try to be the best backup quarterback i can be. thursday is going to be -- i'm i'm going to play thursday and i am excited about that. meanwhile, the st. louis rams will be without acl. it was a legal hits, but catastrophic. the former maryland quarterback will now take over as the starter, but you have to believe that the rams talked to the red caskins. dan snyder does not want this quarterback controversy. i would be surprised, shocked even, if the redskins had not already talked with the rams about a trade. for baseball fans, how about the nationals. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight the dramatic day in ferguson, missouri. hands raised in the air, thousands attend the funeral for michael brown. >>> the american hostage coming home, freed by terrorists. tonight his mother talks to our amy robach about the secret way she confirmed her son was alive. >>> special delivery, the