CSW BREAKING: House Fire In Shawnee KS

Five companies of the Shawnee Fire department responded at 1:17 pm to a house fire in the 12600 block of West 57th Street.

At 1:20 pm a police car arriving at the scene reports "heavy smoke"- and a minute later the first-arriving fire unit reports "a working fire in a 2-story" structure there.

A neighbor reportedly told fire dispatchers the "house was believed vacant."

All fire crews are currently working this incident.

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UCSA Supreme Court Opens Door For Corporate Purchase of Politicians

After all- what ELSE does this latest decision from our corporate-friendly highest court in the land mean?


Corporations- and (disappearing) labor unions now see an "easing" of a long-time limit on their financial participation in federal campaigns.

If buying of politicians USED to be behind closed doors- now these outfits can lock them....

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Tulsa OK To Lay Off 147 Firefighters

The story in The TULSA (OK) WORLD states that "8 to 9 fire (companies)" will be eliminated- but "no" city fire stations will close.


I say to the residents of Tulsa- Be afraid- be VERY afraid....

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CSW BREAKING: Small Fire Reported At Jess and Jim's Steakhouse in SW KC-MO

The fire was reported to be "in the roof" of the venerable restaurant on 135th Street in old Martin City.

The fire alarm was sounded at 4:08 pm to Jess & Jim's at 600 East 135th Street and five KC-MO fire companies responded.

The first truck on the scene was Pumper 45 at 4:11 pm reporting nothing showing- but less than a minute later the captain said there was "a fire in the roof."

The fire- reportedly possibly caused by roofers at the business (up by the cow?)- was brought under control at 4:18 pm and it's not believed to affect operations at the restaurant other than the short term.

No injuries reported either..

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CSW BREAKING: Shooting In Blue Springs MO

Around 3:35 pm Wednesday afternoon there was a shooting in south Blue Springs MO with a reported victim lying in the street...


It happened in the 2900 block of Southeast 3rd Street and the BSPD reports the suspects were "3 black males" in "a red Dodge Stratus with a black hood" that "left westbound on Moreland School" Road from the scene.

At least one of the suspects was thought to be "from the Raytown area" police said.

The male victim was in serious to critical condition when enroute to a Metro medical trauma center moments ago.

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Swarm of Minor Earthquakes In Yellowstone Park WY

Among the 24-hour alerts received here at CSW are those of earthquakes.

Of course the destructive 7.0 in Haiti and this morning's downgraded 5.9 aftershock came across within minutes of their occurance.

However- somewhat overlooked has been a swarm of minor earthquakes in the Yellowstone National Park are in Wyoming.

This article in The DENVER (CO) POST on Monday makes note of the quakes with the only change since then being a 3.5 Richter-scale quake that occurred Tuesday in Yellowstone- according to the USGS site.

Swarms of minor quakes are fairly common in the Yellowstone area- the last such reported just a year ago.

Of course- scientists can't say for sure if this is another normal swarm or The Shape of (Worse) Things To Come.

Watch the USGS earthquake list and stay tuned....

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Central States WEATHER: Ice Storm Warning For Southwest Half of Iowa

Just returning to normalcy from recent above-average snowfalls- the state of Iowa is under a NWS-issued "Ice Storm Warning" beginning early Wednesday morning.



The Ice Storm Warning includes areas generally along and southwest of a Sioux City- Des Moines- Ottumwa IA line.

Council Bluffs IA is included- but not Omaha across the Missouri River.

Traffic will be affected on north-south I-29 and I-35 as well as east-west I-80 in Iowa.


Prepare now for tree limb and electrical power losses in areas of heavy ice- as well as impassable roadways!

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CSW BREAKING: South KC-MO House Fire Displaces Seven

This fire came in at 4:07 pm Tuesday afternoon: a kitchen fire as a result of food-on-the-stove that was unattended at a house in the 11700 block of Lawndale.


When Pumper 1 arrived at 4:10 pm- they could see smoke coming from the back of the house. When the firefighters went inside- they found kitchen cabinets flaming with the fire extending into the attic.

The seven occupants- 4 adults and 3 children- had already gotten out of the house and were uninjured.

By 4:21 pm- crews from the five fire companies brought the fire under control.

The Red Cross was ordered for those 7 displaced residents of the house.

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Rare Tornado Warning In Metro Los Angeles

This was on the weather wire:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
128 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...TUSTIN FOOTHILLS...
TUSTIN...STANTON...SEAL BEACH...SANTA ANA...IRVINE...HUNTINGTON
BEACH...FULLERTON...COSTA MESA...ANAHEIM...

* UNTIL 200 PM PST

* AT 121 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO BETWEEN NEWPORT BEACH AND HUNTINGTON BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED AT 102 PM MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE COAST.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1
INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

Los Angeles television reports some damage already.

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Two New Reader Polls: Grade KC-MO Council- Snow Plowing

You can now vote on Kansas City MO's City Council performance as well as the city's snow plowing efforts here on CSW.



Scroll down on the right side of this blog to vote with standard 'A- B- C- D and F' grading.

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CSW BREAKING: House Fire In Kearney MO

This alarm was sounded at 1:18 pm- a reported house fire caused by a wood-burning stove in the 300 block of East 9th Street in Kearney.


The first-arriving fire truck reported smoke showing from the single-story residence at 1:21 pm with the residents outside the house.

Fire was visible to the first interior fire crew and flames had reportedly reached the attic of the structure.

Mutual-aid assistance has been called from Excelsior Springs and Liberty fire departments with the fire reported under control at 1:30 pm..

No other information as of this post.

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