Reported on this blog first yesterday morning was the breaking news of bodies of a young mother and her infant found in a creek in south Kansas City-MO..
That creek is a tributary of the BIG Blue River- but I've heard and continue to hear this morning from TV news readers the BIG Blue being refered to as the LITTLE Blue.
The BIG Blue starts in Johnson County-KS and enters KC-MO around State Line and 151st Street southwest of the Martin City area.
The BIG Blue then runs north-northeast through east Kansas City and enters the Missouri east of the KCP&L Hawthorne power plant in the KC-MO East Bottoms.
The LITTLE Blue runs several miles EAST of the BIG Blue.
The LITTLE Blue is dammed behind Lake Longview- then runs northeastward to serve as the northern border of Lee's Summit and Independence- then runs through eastern Independence to empty into the Missouri river near Sibley in extreme northeast Jackson County.
A little thing- but if your going to report geography- PLEASE get it right.
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2 comments:
We work a lot on the Missouri River, and noticed the same thing about river confusion in the St. Louis area. Journalists will refer to St. Charles being on the Mississippi, Alton being on the Missouri. The city is blessed with two of the world's biggest rivers but they don't seem to know where they are and what they're called. Which leads to the funny phenomenon of St. Louis people travelling west, crossing the Missouri near Rocheport and commenting on how the Mississippi River looks so different there.
He-He- thanx for the lift...
From one "river rat" to another- YOU know my pain!
Cheers-
Groucho
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