Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 23

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Saturday morning- July 23.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

CSW Weather: NWS' National Weather Outlook For August 2011

The August weather for the Central States- in a nutshell- is forecast to be near to above-average temperature-wise with near to below-average precipitation.

Kansas City averages for August are high temperatures around 88 degrees with an average low temperature of 66.

Rainfalls in past Kansas City Augusts have averaged just more than three and a half inches.

CSW BREAKING: House Fire in Raymore MO

All South Metro Fire Protection District (SMFPD) fire crews in Raymore are working a house fire in their city.

The alarm sounded at 6:09 p.m. for the address in the 1100 block of Glendale Drive. Upon arrival at 6:12 p.m.- smoke was seen coming from the "1-story" structure.

A fire in a room on the main level of the house had reportedly "spread into the attic."

Additional fire crews from Belton- Grandview and West Peculiar FPD are also assisting SMFPD crews or at empty stations.

The fire was declared "under control" at 6:28 p.m..


No word on injuries- occupancy status of the house or any other info.

Bungled Ted White Case Costs Lee's Summit Citizens More Than $15-Million

Ted White is a former Lee's Summit MO resident who was wrongly jailed by the Lee's Summit Police department that CSW has blogged about on several occasions- and now the city (taxpayers) are going to pay for the royal screw-up.



The KANSAS CITY STAR reports that Lee's Summit officials have decided to pay $15.5-million to settle a lawsuit Ted White brought against that southern Jackson county city.

No word yet- after all these years- if ANY charges will be brought against the former LSPD detective that conspired with Mr. White's ex-wife to get Ted White wrongly accused and inprisoned.

CSW BREAKING: Lenexa Apartment Building Fire Reveals A Fatality

As reported earlier here at CSW- there was a multi-alarm fire west of Oak Park Mall in Lenexa Friday morning.

When fire crews got enough of a handle on the fire- a body of a male was discovered in one of the burned apartments in the building.

Further interior searches of the remaining portions of the totally-destoyed apartment building in the 9500 block of Halsey are proceeding slowly- due to fears of collapses in the burned-out building.

CSW BREAKING: KC-MO Plaza Bank Robbery Has Memorable Suspect

The M & I (Morons & Idiots?) Bank at 800 West 47th Street in the Plaza was robbed around 2:25 p.m. Friday afternoon.

The suspect has been described by KC-MO Police as "a black male in his 20's- 5-foot 6-inches tall- of slender build- wearing a black wig- hot pink eye shadow and lipstick and a white sun dress with flowers on it."


It was not said if the suspect brandished a firearm nor how much money was taken.

Major Fire Continues To Burn Lenexa KS Apartment Building

Around a dozen fire companies from Lenexa- Overland Park and Merriam continue battling a 2-alarm fire at an apartment complex west of the Oak Park Mall.

The fire broke out around 9:30 a.m. Friday morning in a 3-story apartment building at the Oak Park Village complex in the 9500 block of Halsey.


Heavy smoke and fire was visible to the first-arriving fire crews- who asked for additional help to fight the fire.

Two injuries have been reported thus far- a Lenexa police officer and a building resident- but both are non life-threatening heat-related injuries.

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 22

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Friday morning- July 22.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 21

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Thursday morning- July 21.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

Telegraph About Heat Wave Arrives To KC-MO Government

No matter that we've been under some sort of heat advisory for almost a week now- you can see by the image here- screen-capped from a KANSAS CITY STAR Web page- that says "Mayor, other officials detail city's response to extreme heat." 


Gee it's nice to know the city's ON IT- after a reported "13" people have already died.

Central States News: Oklahoma City Cops Arrest Youths Before Curfew

First off- I want to say a few things about American laws and those who are sworn to uphold them...


My first big hit respecting American law came in 1974 when an obviously criminal President of the United States got off scot-free.

Gee- that said a lot to the REST of us about upholding and respecting the law  didn't it?


Then I started working in public safety about a year later and that lasted about a decade and I won't lie a bit when I tell you I was GLAD to get OUT of that for all the wrong-doing and corruption I witnessed first-hand.


So now the headline story- where Oklahoma City cops arrested an unconnected group of teenagers in front of an OKC movie house for curfew violations- according to the OKC OKLAHOMAN.

The only trouble with those arrests is that they came 15-20 minutes BEFORE the curfew actually went into effect and that more than a few of those teens who were arrested were either waiting for rides or their own parents to bring the car around from where it was parked..

Can we all say "L-a-w-s-u-i-t" for false arrest?


I'll bet the wrongly-arrested youths will have LOTS of respect in the future for laws and those who uphold them.