5 Things Includes Bunco, Bermuda Triangle

It's Monday, Dec. 5, the start of another busy week in Land O' Lakes. Here are five things you should know today.

Posted Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:19 pm ET|Updated Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:06 am ET

It will be a warm, "Patchy" day. The National Weather Service forecast calls for patchy fog before 8 a.m., then mostly sunny skies with a high near 83. Evening lows will be around 56.

Candlewood Community Church is still collecting new and gently used items for its Community Christmas Store, which will be open to the public Saturday, Dec. 10.

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On this day in 1945, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle was solidified when five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 took off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station and never returned with its 14-man crew. After receiving confusing communications from the pilots about two hours after take off, a search and rescue Mariner aircraft took off with a 13-man crew. It was never heard from again. No trace of the bodies or aircraft was ever found.

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