Visit Tropical North Platte Nebraska (Quick)

Er ... yeah!

Just before 5 p.m. on this late March day- it's 71 degrees in sunny North Platte at Lee Bird Field just east of that west-central Nebraska city on Interstate 80.

Compare that to my present reading in the Loma Vista area of southeastern KC-MO of 54 degrees.

That compares to a reading of 65 degrees- at Port Aransas Texas on the Gulf of Mexico coast.


You can also compare recent Web camera images (click to enlarge):

The traffic in North Platte-


and the nearly-deserted beaches in Port Aransas.

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CSW BREAKING: Serious-Injury Crash in Johnson County MO

A medical helicopter has been ordered to the scene of a reported serious-injury crash at the intersection of U.S. 50 and Missouri (M)-131 in Pittsville.

At least 2 vehicles are reportedly involved- with the "intersection blocked" at M-131.


More here as received....

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Man Struck By A Jeep Near UMKC Campus

MAST-EMS reports the 54-year-old male who was struck by a Jeep" around 2:55 p.m. at the intersection of 53rd Street and Charlotte suffered non life-threatening injuries.


The man was transported to a Plaza-area medical trauma center and no word yet if the driver of the Jeep was in the right or wrong.

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CSW BREAKING: House Fire in Western Overland Park KS

Seven companies of firefighters are fighting a house fire in the 11600 block of Oakmont- just south of the Johnson County Community College campus.


The alarm was sounded at 1:34 p.m. and the first arriving unit at 1:39 p.m.- MEDACT-EMS-1140- reported "heavy smoke" coming from "the front door and garage" of the house.

That "heavy smoke" was captured by a nearby Overland Park (OP) traffic camera at 119th Street and Quivira- about 4 blocks southeast of the fire.


First reports indicated there may have been an occupant still inside the basement of the burning house at 1:40 p.m.- but searches conducted by fire crews had not located any possible victim as of 1:58 p.m. and at 2 p.m.- fire command reports "all occupants are out" of the house and apparently uninjured.

The fire sounds to be nearly under control with no injuries reported as of this post....

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CSW WEATHER: April Weather Outlook For U.S.

The NWS weather outlook for April is out- with possible below average-temperatures but near-average precipitation over Metro and MetroRegion Kansas City.


There is a possibility of below-average temperatures over about the western two-thirds of the Central States and possible above-average precipitation over most of Oklahoma- about the western two-thirds of Kansas and the southwestern half of Nebraska.

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Weather Satellite View of Saturday's Snowfall

Our LAST (my prediction) significant snowfall of the Winter of 2009-10 melts away over the next few days so before it's gone- here's this morning's visible satellite image showing who got the snow (inside the red line on the image).


Not that it will dry-out a whole lot in the next 7 days- with 2 storm systems affecting the Metro and MetroRegion: late Tuesday and Wednesday and again later Saturday into Sunday.

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Woman in Serious Condition After Being Shot By Her Boyfriend in South KC-MO

A domestic dispute between a man and a woman in the 3800 block of East 93rd Street around 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon resulted in the woman getting shot.


A MAST-EMS paramedic describes that female victim as "in her 30's" and having a "potentially" life-threatening "gunshot to her abdomen."

The woman was taken to a Metro medical trauma center while police sought the shooter: "a black male wearing dredlocks- approximately 5-feet 4-inches tall...."

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CSW BREAKING: KC-KS Fire Crews Battle Fire in "Vacant" Structure

This call came in right at 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon: a reported fire in a structure at a farm equipment company at 57th Street and State Avenue.

The fire was actually in a "1-story abandoned house" on the business's property closer to the 5800 block of State- firefighters found the fire had already consumed and collapsed the roof as they set up water streams outside the burning structure to keep flames from reaching any exposures.

No injuries are reported and the fire is not yet under control as of this post....

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CSW Commentary: Congressman Cleaver Being Spat On

By now- I'm sure most of you have heard or read about Kansas City's Congressman and former Mayor Emanuel Cleaver being spit on by some protesters in D.C. on Saturday.

Makes me wonder- have some Americans lost any semblence of class and decorum?

As much as I disliked George W. Bush and had NO respect for Dick Cheney- I would have not spat on either man!

I have no use whatsoever for these so-called "Tea-Baggers."

Where were their emotional protests against American government policies during GWB's Administration?

Their arguments and protests at this point and time and in a TOTALLY different Administration ring completely hollow to me.

And spitting on former Mayor Cleaver- a man of God by the way- makes me want to do as I do any USED Tea Bag:

Throw it in the compost pile with the rest of the developing manure.

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CSW BREAKING: Fatal Victim of a Gunshot Reported At A Kansas Metro Indoor Shooting Range

The call came in to Johnson County KS Emergency Communications and Overland Park Police at 1:51 p.m.- a reported victim of a gunshot at "The Bullet Hole" indoor shooting range in the 6200 block of Robinson.


When MEDACT-EMS arrived- they found that male patient with a reportedly "self-inflicted" gunshot wound and they have declared that victim dead at the scene after consultation with a physician at OP-Regional Med Center at 2:08 p.m..

Details on this death are yet unavailable from the OPPD who are on-scene beginning their investigation.

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Sunday Serenade: "Little One" - Terry Kath of CHICAGO

Thanks to ChicagoKid1969 on YouTube- this performance of "Little One" off the CHICAGO X album from a concert November 22- 1977 at the Los Angeles Forum- dedicated to ALL fathers and their 'Little Ones.'

Enjoy!

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