Saturday, December 02, 2006

Overnight News - Saturday, 02 December 2006


At 6:19am- Independence, MO ambulance service AMR-EMS went on a call for unknown medical reasons of "a man down" at 19th street and Cedar. About 10 minutes later- AMR reported that person was dead-on-arrival.
The reason for the man's death was being investigated.


Leavenworth, KS police and the Kansas Highway Patrol are investigating an incident that was dispatched at 2:21am as a "pedestrian hit." The incident reportedly occurred at "Broadway and Pottawatomie" in Leavenworth.
Very serious injuries were indicated by LPD officers on that scene.


House fires in both Kansas Cities caused significant damage - but no injuries.

First was a fire in a vacant house at 4:38am in the 5900 block of East 14th Street in KC MO. Two handlines were used to bring the blaze under control at 4:48am.
The origin of the fire was suspicious - and under investigation.

The second incident was in a lived-in house in the 1700 block of North 43rd Street in KC KS at 5:06am. An unknown-number of occupants escaped the home before the first fire company arrived three minutes later. At 5:30am- the on-scene district chief pulled all crews from the structure for fear of a floor collapse into the basement. It was 5:41am before this fire was knocked down.
Origin of this fire was in the basement - unoffically from a defective or improperly-used kerosene heater.


Overnight weather was mostly cloudy with a temperature that fell only 2 degrees from midnight's 23-degree reading. Light southwesterly winds still took the wind chill into the lower-teens over the 8-inch snowpack here in KC MO's Loma Vista area.



PLEASE WATCH KSHB NBC41 - ACTION NEWS FOR THESE AND OTHER BREAKING NEWS STORIES.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Channel 4! 2-Alarm fire about a mile from yer studios!

Some "breaking news" operation that is- fire's near the 31st & Gilliam area and it came in shortly after 9pm.

Cut some of the commercials 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A PS at 2153 CST- 4 FINALLY has a reporter - Nancy Lewis - on the scene of the fire and she came off as TOTALLY CLUELESS about the incident.

Geez reporters- CONSULT THE ASSIGNMENT DESK for the facts!

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR METRO KC

Just moments ago- the NWS in Pleasant Hill sent a "HEAVY SNOW WARNING" over their NOAA weatherradio.

Six (north) to 12 inches (south) are expected to fall in Metro Kansas City before this event ends early Friday morning.

Your personal observations and comments on this severe weather event are welcome....

ICE STORM WARNING FOR METRO KANSAS CITY

The development of a significant - double-barrel" winter-type storm continues to unfold.

Round one will be a possible significant ice storm - with quarter to half-inch ice accumulations - from the KC Metro northeastward into northern Missouri today into early Thursday (see official NWS warning and safety tips below).

After the ice comes a snow event. From 1-3 inches could fall in the far north & northwest north Metro with 4-6 inches in the far southern & southeastern Metro areas.

Not to mention- windy & brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! PLEASE- be careful!


From the National Weather Service office in Pleasant Hill, MO.:

LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON (counties) KS- CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY- JACKSON (Counties MO)- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF: LEAVENWORTH... KANSAS CITY KS... OVERLAND PARK... OLATHE... PLATTSBURG... KINGSTON... HAMILTON... POLO...PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY... WESTON... LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS... RICHMOND... KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE.
437 AM CST WED NOV 29 2006

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO CARROLLTON LINE EARLY THIS MORNING...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 40S WITHIN MINUTES AFTER THE FRONT PASSED BY.
TEMPERATURES WILL EVENTUALLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR oCCURRING.
*SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.
*IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
*ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.


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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Plethora of Weather

A wide range of varying weather conditions are in store for the Kansas City MetroRegion over the next 48 hours.

Today and tonight- warm temperatures and thunderstorms - some of those possibly strong to severe - will give way to an Arctic cold front bringing a chance of freezing rain and snow later Wednesday into Thursday.

Chances for accumulating frozen precipitiation are increasing as this complicated weather situation begins to unfold.

Check in here for updates as I get them.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Ho, Ho, Ho! What do YOU want for Christmas?

Tell us what you want under the tree.

Spill it by clicking on the word COMMENTS below this message or send an email to doctor_mulcahy@yahoo.com and I'll add them below.

Groucho wants the usual fare: Peace on Earth, a wealthy woman (I WILL settle for loving, gentle, kind, attentive, affectionate, passionate and laughs at my pratfalls) and - for the 26th year in a row since I think Santa always loses my order - a fire-engine red Ferrari.

Overnight News - Sunday, 26 November 2006

It is my joy to report that from midnight to 7 am Sunday morning there were no serious incidents heard anywhere in the 13 Missouri & Kansas counties I monitor.
You're on a roll here people- keep up the good work and show peace to each other!

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