Monday, December 15, 2008

Metro Kansas City's BREAKING NEWS: Olathe-KS House Fire

A house of yet-unknown occupany is burning in East Olathe- in the 2000 block of East Jamestown Drive.

Five companies of Olathe firefighters were called out at 10:31am to the address- firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming from the roof and attic areas.

Thus far no reports of anybody found inside as OFD battles this blaze in 7-degree weather..


UPDATE: There were no reports of injuries 30 minutes into the fire- which was generally under control.

The homeowner apparently arrived about 20 minutes into the fire as police asked the FD chief if the owner could come see their house.

Fire damage to the upper parts of this structure- heavy smoke & water damage elsewhere.


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Middle-East Journalist Acts Out Many Americans' Fantasies



In case you haven't seen the video yet- it's posted below.


The video where a Middle-Eastern journalist takes off his Size 10's and hurls them at Shrub.

Too bad the journalist MISSED....
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The 2-Minute Drill Perfected



It's reported by unreliable sources that the Chiefs have improved on the 2-minute drill to the point that now the team can LOSE a game in less than a minute.


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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Kansas City Metro BREAKING WEATHER: Winter Weather Advisory Until Midnight


The National Weather Service office in Pleasant Hill has issued a Winter Weather Advisory- posted below in it's entirity.


The advisory is in effect until midnight.



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
707 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008


MIAMI- LINN KS- LEAVENWORTH- WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS- SCHUYLER- ADAIR- LINN MO- MACON-PLATTE- CLAY- RAY-CARROLL- CHARITON- RANDOLPH- JACKSON- LAFAYETTE- SALINE- HOWARD- CASS- JOHNSON MO- PETTIS- COOPER- BATES- HENRY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF: PAOLA- MOUND CITY- LEAVENWORTH- KANSAS CITY KS- OVERLAND PARK- OLATHE- LANCASTER- DOWNING- KIRKSVILLE- BROOKFIELD- MACON- LA PLATA- PARKVILLE- PLATTE CITY- WESTON- LIBERTY- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS- RICHMOND- CARROLLTON- SALISBURY- KEYTESVILLE- MOBERLY- KANSAS CITY- INDEPENDENCE- LEXINGTON- CONCORDIA- MARSHALL- FAYETTE- NEW FRANKLIN- RAYMORE- HARRISONVILLE- PLEASANT HILL- WARRENSBURG- SEDALIA- BOONVILLE- BUTLER- RICH HILL- CLINTON

707 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET- SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN- WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES THROUGH MID EVENING. SLEET MAY BE MODERATELY HEAVY AT TIMES- WITH ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO BE JUST SHY OF ONE HALF INCH.

THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH AS WELL.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW- SLEET- OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES- AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.



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Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Sunday- December 14- 2008



** Four Shot In KC-MO **


*** Four people- at least two of them minor teenage females- were shot in the 800 block of Ewing in East KC-MO around 1:15am Sunday morning.


Three of the victims were found by police and EMS crew in the 6000 block of East Peery Avenue just after 1:20am..

The 2 females were reported as "14 and 16 years-old" by a MAST paramedic- both had gunshot wounds to a leg but were expected to recover.


A 3rd victim's injuries were said to be more serious and the 4th victim arrived at an area medical center on their own later on.

Police reported that the suspect was "a white male" with a clothing description and only the suspect's means of egress from the scene...

"A green (colored) mountain bike.".
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*** MALE KILLED IN CLAY COUNTY MO MOTORCYCLE WRECK ***


*** An early Sunday morning motorbike ride turned deadly for the lone rider near Smithville Lake around 12:48am..

The incident was near the intersection of W Highway and J Highway.

The male died at the scene. No other details yet.

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** Shots Fired During KC-MO Police Burglary Call **

... This was in the 4100 block of Genesee and police didn't fire the shots nor did the reported at least 2 unknown suspects.

Police had already arrived at the address and had detected the suspects who began to flee when- at virtually the same moment- shots were fired.

The officers didn't immediately chase the fleeing suspects until they indentified the shooter- who turned out to be a neighbor who had also seen the burglars- but not the police- according to reports.

A manhunt for the unknowns went on in the area for about an hour with no results at least 45 minutes in- and no word yet if police will charge the gun-firing neighbor with doing so (and scarring the hell out of at least 2 Center Zone patrol cops).

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** Crash Near Longview Lake Injures 2- 1 Critically **

... Public safety agencies from Kansas City- Lee's Summit and Grandview-MO responded to a single car wreck on Highgrove Road near old Raytown Road.

Two people were injured when their car rolled over upside-down off the road. At least one person- a male- had critical injuries and a severed leg in the wreck that happened aroung 1am Sunday morning.

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** House Fires In K.C.- Johnson County-MO **


... No word on any injuries in the two fires.

The first incident was at 1:35am in a small- 1-story structure in the 5900 block of Walrond.


Occupany was unknown- but firefighters didn't find any bodies inside after the fire was out.


The 2nd house fire was in northwestern Johnson County MO at 3:28am- in the 1400 block of Northwest 545 Road.

A reported double-wide manufactured home was found fully-involved in flames when the first of many firefighters from the Elm- Pittsville and other stations arrived at 3:41am.


There's yet no word if anyone was found inside that structure after the fire was extinguished.


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<><><> OVERNIGHT WEATHER <><><>


Temperatures more like late May greeted early Sunday morning risers in Metro Kansas City- and over much of the southern half of the MetroRegion. Winds blew more like March...

Southerly winds gusting to around 50 MPH raked the Metro and MetroRegion overnight.

In KC-MO- police had to close 2 well-travelled streets- 31st Street west of Van Brunt and Grandview Road south of Longview for a time early Sunday morning because of blown-down power poles or lines.

No word on the number of people affected by overnight power outages.

It's been 60-degrees or warmer in Metro KC-MO since around 6am Sunday morning- 62 at 10am now in S.E. KC-MO and at the Downtown airport.

Yet- 12 miles northwest of Downtown airport at K.C. International airport- it was 45-degrees with Northwest winds gusting to 32 MPH.

A strong Arctic cold front is sweeping in- it's 12-degrees in Omaha already- and this cold air mass will stay for at least the next 7 days And end this brief bout of spring-like weather.

With the cold comes precipitation- later this Sunday afternoon and evening we can expect possible sleet changing to snow with a quick 1-2-inches before the storm systems wraps in the cold- dryer air by early Monday morning.

Could be some slick roadways in the Metro for the Monday morning commute..

But we'll miss the forecasted possibilily of a quarter inch of ice in southeastern MO and northeastern AR..

The next frozen-precip chance is Tuesday- that may be at least a couple of inches of snow- maybe more here in the Metro or elsewhere in the MetroRegion.

Models show another chance for wintry-type precip Thursday- and there's signs that could include that dreaded freezing rain somewhere in the K.C. Metroregion.

This cold is going to hang on through at least next Saturday- when there's yet another chance for wintery slickness

Stay tuned this coming week before Christmas for updates.

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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Rare Tornado Warning In Hawaii



This came in on the automatic warning software a bit ago:


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1241 PM HST SAT DEC 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IN KAUAI COUNTY

* UNTIL 115 PM HST

* AT 1234 PM HST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUMAKANI...OR 24 MILES
WEST OF LIHUE...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KEKAHA AT 1245 PM HST
WAIMEA AT 1250 PM HST
HANAPEPE AT 1250 PM HST
6 MILES SOUTH OF HANALEI AT 115 PM HST

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 2248 15946 2233 15921 2176 15965 2185 15981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 211DEG 29KT 2189 15968

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KODAMA

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One Dead in Miami County-KS Crash



A yet-unidentified male is dead after a 1-vehicle crash at Kansas (K)-68 and Somerset Road in rural Miami County around 2:50am Saturday morning..


The vehicle reportedly caught fire after the crash and the driver was trapped inside- where he was reported deceased by EMS on the scene at 3:07am...

KSHB photojournalist Micheal Butler told me it appeared the man was driving north on Somerset and didn't stop at the T-intersection- then slammed into a rock embankment on the north side of K-68.

The official report and a press release is pending.
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Kansas City Christmas 2008 Video Series: Mid-Southwestern KC-MO Lights



C
ontinuing in our series of Kansas City and area Christmas light displays- the following YouTube presentation are of 8 short videos shot hours after K.C.'s first significant snowfall of this season on Tuesday.

The location is in the KC-MO area of West 68th & 69th Streets between Wornall and Ward Parkway.

CSW thanks the homeowners association and the dwellers alike for sharing this with your fellow Metro Kansas Citians.
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Friday, December 12, 2008

Bankers Got Hollered At Less Than Auto Makers



Watching our wonderful Congress grilling the corporate heads seeking American taxpayer welfare- my perception was that the automakers got beat over the head much worse than the bankers did.


The automakers (DUH!) MAKE THINGS while the bankers make nothing but money. The automakers are asking but a FRACTION of the bailout windfall the bankers got and continue to get as US government printing presses work at critical mass to produce increasingly-worthless dollars.

Yeah okay- UAW members make a lot of money- is that purely the worker's fault- or the union's for that matter?

Sure- concessions are necessary- but their burden should never be squarely on the shoulders of the labor force.

Politicians need to take this grilling of auto company CEOs back to the welfare bankers. If Congress lets the American auto makers fail- then Congress has failed America IMHO.
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Crazy Mix of Colours On NWS U.S. Warning Map



By clicking on the image below- you can see the current watches and warnings in effect across the contiguous-48 United States.


Note the blizzard warnings covering virtually all of the Dakotas and nearby states.

This is the leading edge of the Arctic air mass that will roll into Metro Kansas City late Sunday.
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K.C. Metro WEATHER: Nice Weekend - Frigid Monday



An Arctic air mass will slide down over the Central States beginning Sunday in Nebraska and Iowa- into the K.C. Metro Sunday night- then the cold air settles south toward Arkansas and Oklahoma.


First the good news- temperatures will reach around the 50-degree mark Saturday- possibly in the 50's on Sunday.

The Arctic front is forecast to move through Metro K.C. Sunday evening. Precipitation is likely with the frontal passage starting as rain- then possibly becoming sleet or freezing rain before changing to snow.

Right now any accumulations in the Metro look to be light- on the order of Tuesday's storm at worse.

However- once the Arctic air mass becomes entrenched here- weak storm systems passing along the southern edge of the cold may produce periods of snow in the MetroRegion.

There are chances for snow Tuesday off and on through Thursday. It's too far out right now to make any attempts predicting any accumulations for next week- but it will be below-average temperature-wise through the weekend after next.
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Tornado Strikes Monroe LA With Confirmed Injuries

The tornado struck around noon on Easter Sunday. There is considerable damage repo rted in that northeastern Louisiana city of around 5000...