Capt. Spaulding's World

Friday, December 21, 2012

The End of The World (Heh)

From the late- great Skeeter Davis...

Friday, December 14, 2012

Dozens Dead in Connecticut Elementary School Shooting

This shocking- sickening event happened in Newtown/Sandy Hook CT around 9:30 a.m. EST Friday morning.

CBS News in New York reported "27 dead" at the Sandy Hook Elementary school- located about 10 miles east of Danbury CT or about 75 miles northeast of New York City.

At least one survivor of the massacre was hospitalized.

As of 12:05 p.m. CST- CBS News reports that "18 of the dead are children."

That figure was updated to "20 children dead" at a news conference around 2:45 p.m. CST.

A Connecticut State Patrol spokesman said "the shooter is dead in the (school) building."

The trooper didn't say if police shot the suspect or if the shooter took their own life.

It was later determined the shooter killed himself.

That shooter was 20-year-old Adam Lanza.

Nancy Lanza- Adam's mother- was killed first at her home- then young Lanza drove her car to the school.

Police also questioned a surviving son- Ryan Lanza.

For hours- the national news media named 24-year-old Ryan as the suspect- although the elder Lanza had nothing to do with the incident.

The link to live TV coverage by WFSB-3 in Hartford is HERE.

Saturday, December 01, 2012

CSW WEATHER: Dense Fog Advisory- North Metro & MetroRegion Kansas City

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
923 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2012


...DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT BEFORE BURNING OFF IN THE MORNING...
AN UNUSUALLY HIGH AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT WINDS TO PRODUCE AREAS OF DENSE FOG OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND FAR EASTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT.

THE FOG WILL BECOME DENSE ENOUGH BY MORNING TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS...SUCH AS SLOWING DOWN TO A REASONABLE SPEED...ARE NOT TAKEN.

KSZ025-102>104-MOZ001>005-011>014-020-021-028-029-021130-/O.NEW.KEAX.FG.Y.0004.121202T0323Z-121202T1500Z/
ATCHISON KS- DONIPHAN- LEAVENWORTH- WYANDOTTE- ATCHISON MO- NODAWAY- WORTH- GENTRY- HARRISON- HOLT- ANDREW- DE KALB-DAVIESS- BUCHANAN- CLINTON- PLATTE- CLAY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON... TROY... LEAVENWORTH... TARKIO... MARYVILLE...

GRANT CITY... ALBANY... STANBERRY... BETHANY... MOUND CITY... OREGON... SAVANNAH... CAMERON... GALLATIN... JAMESPORT... ST. JOSEPH... PLATTSBURG... PARKVILLE... PLATTE CITY... WESTON... LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS

923 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2012


...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY.

* LOCATION...FAR EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.

* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS
  OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

BREAKING: Two Hurt in Independence MO Fire

The details are at the KCSW NEWS blog.

For access to KCSW NEWS- email the author.

Passenger Jet Needs Jenny Craig...

...or Weight Watchers.

I've been either running or listening to KCI Airport aircraft distress calls for nearly 40 years- and what I heard today at 2:38 p.m. was a FIRST...

Fire companies and the KCI fire/rescue station were sent on a "standby for an overweight aircraft" that was heading for one of KCI's north-south runways.

The "overweight" jet- containing "approximately 140" people- landed without incident or accident about 5 minutes later.

Maybe the gate people at the originating airport had better have the passengers and/or the luggage put on scales before takeoff.