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(AP) - Tropical storm watches were posted Monday along the south ern half of South Carolina’s coast, with Tropical Storm Edouard churning in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 miles offshore. Edouard was upgraded to a tropical storm early Monday, and a tropical storm watch was issued shortly after. The warn ing zone stretched from Femandia Beach, just north of Jacksonville, Fla., through all of coastal Georgia. The storm, located 145 miles east of Jacksonville, had 40 mph winds and could bring heavy rain to Georgia’s coastal areas later Monday or Tuesday, but its center is expected to stay offshore over the next three days, said Christopher Burr, a meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Some slight strength ening was expected. As of 2 p.m. Monday, Edouard had maximum sus tained winds of 40 mph. The storm was drifting east at 4 mph. Forecasters first thought the storm would parallel the South Carolina coast and end up just off Charleston by Wednesday morning. Later predictions showed the storm moving more errati cally, ending up just off the coast around Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday. Since the storm’s movement is so inconstant, forecasters decided to keep the watch post ed along the South Carolina coast, said Hal Austin, a fore caster with the National Weather Service in Charleston. Forecasters don’t think Edouard will strengthen into a hurricane. And since most of the thunderstorms with Edouard are east of the storm’s center, fore casts don’t call for flooding rain, Austin said. For months, experts have hoped a tropical system would bring significant rain to South Carolina to help alleviate the state’s drought, which began in the summer of 1998. But rain from Edouard is forecast to miss the worst-hit central and northern parts of the state, Austin said. Parts of Georgia also have been struggling with a four-year drought, but the hardest hit areas are inland, where the storm would have the least impact, said Georgia state cli matologist David Stooksbury. “Right now, the area that’s going to be primarily impacted is the coastal counties, and they are in the best shape already,” Stooksbury said. “As far as the piedmont area and into north Georgia, there’ll probably be no impact from this storm, if it fol lows the current track." Athens, Ga., which just ended its second driest August on record with 0.14 inches for the month, is more than 200 miles offshore. Local and state emergency officials in South Carolina noted the tropical storm watches, told their employees to monitor the storm, then went home to enjoy the holiday. “We’re just waiting and see ing right now.” Charleston County Emergency Preparedness chief Dennis Clark said Monday. “We probably won’t do anything else until tomorrow.” The sun came out for a short while in Beaufort on Monday after a week of show ers, and the only people evacu ating the island county were vacationers returning !• back to work Tuesday afic long weekend. As tar as locals art cemed, Edouard looks like more than a gusty squall Gary Buehler, an employ 1 onlham’s Hardware. Buehler said the vtorc, quiet Monday, unlike two : . ago during Tropical l loyd. when concerned • dents stocked up on emcn: supplies. “We have some real ok, around here," Buehler vac takes a lot to get them nfeo.- Tropical storms brewing in the Atlanfe; Topical Storm Edouard formed Monday off the coast of Fiona slow moving storm is moving erratically Tropical storm DoSyTr out to sea is expected to weaken and poses no threat to lane Tropical Storm Dolly Position 18.8 N, 53 5 W Sustained winds 45 mp Wind gusts 60 mph A» S p m EOT Morxmy I Pr>M. AocdlflfcsihT BW Marshal trained gun at detained man on plane 151 i'/UI’1:1 Ml PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge said he planned to complain to federal authorities about an air marshal who trained his gun on a passen ger-filled jet cabin for 30 minutes after detaining a man. Two armed marshals detained the man on Delta Flight 442, which was flying from Atlanta to Philadelphia with 183 people on board, because he allegedly was rummaging through other people’s luggage. One marshal then held his gun on the coach cabin passengers because some of them ignored orders to remain seated with their seat belts on. a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration said Sunday. “If people would have stayed in their seats and heeded those warnings, that would not have happened,” said TSA spokesman Robert Johnson in Washington. “It’s our opinion that it was done by the book.” After at least one passenger continued mov ing around the cabin, the marshal decided he needed to focus his weapon on the passenger area, part of the marshals’ training, Johnson said. While one marshal huddled over the detainee, the other stood by the cockpit door with his gun trained on the cabin, several passengers said. Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge James A. Lineberger, who was sitting diagonally across from the detained man. said he thought the mar shal held his semiautomatic weapon on passen gers for too long. Lineberger said he hadn’t noticed any distur bance before the marshals took the man to first class and restrained him. Several minutes later, the judge said, the mar shals returned to the coach cabin and pulled out their guns. “I assumed at that moment that there was going to be some sort of gun battle.” he said. “I’m looking right down the barrel of the gun as though it was pointed at me.” Lineberger said he plans to file a complaint with the TSA on Tuesday. He said about 30 other passengers also plan to complain. Johnson said the TSA, which oversees feder al air marshals, was still reviewing the marshals’ response on the Saturday Bight. The man the marshals detained was released and the U.S. Attorney’s office decided not to press charges, said FBI spokeswoman Jerri Williams. Johnson said that despite the passengers’ complaints, he thought the marshals did what they needed to do to make sure the plane could land safely. David and Susan Johnson of Mobile. Ala., said they hadn’t been aware of any disturbance. /HSC iCtli Anniversary Seascn W1 “1 ■ HAVING A 1/41 IV AND VCITKE INVITCG! All energetic and enthusiastic Texas A&M students Membership in the MSC OP AS student committee NOW! Get in on the fun of our 30th anniversary season! Applications are now available in the student programs office in the Memorial Student Center. To get involved in a committee that promotes the perfomiing 1 f arts at Texas A&M University AND TO H AVE FUN! I H I I I Mil SI I I IC VTM N NOW IN MSC < w 225 ©r visit cur table at tlie S4SC COEN rouse: Who: What: When: Where: Why: _\ y ^ Auulicaticn Deadline: Sent. 9, 5:CC u. in & rC. / t klerly woman save drowning man in;i r SHREVEPORT, La. 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