Sunday, July 08, 2007

KC-KS Sending KC-MO 'Medical Gifts' Again

K.U. Medical Center is "closed to trauma" patients again this morning. KU/MC was also closed to trauma most of yesterday morning too.

There isn't a trauma center open in all of Wyandotte County - more than 150000 people...

No problem yesterday morning- but this morning Truman Medical Center on Hospital Hill just received a victim of a double-dose penetrating-trauma (gunshot) from KC-KS Fire-EMS.

Another shooting north of Westport too.
Fifteen in-service MAST-EMS paramedic units logged covering nearly a half-million people- and they been movin' 'round too.

This and a report of all the significant MetroRegion overnight news around 7 am KCDT..
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Western U.S.: Heat Continues - Fires Grow

No immediate relief is in sight for the searing temperatures in the West- and now fires have broken out in the parched natural cover.


The worst fire is near the Nevada city of Winnemucca- where hundreds have been evacuated with at least part of the town threatened by the flames.
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Six More American Soldiers Dead - Iraq Toll Over 3600

"Don't it make you angry- the way war keeps draggin' on?"

Lyrics from an old CHICAGO tune- 'Dialogue'- when Vietnam was still dragging on in 1972.

Iraq keeps dragging on too with absolutely no solutions or end in sight- with a president too damn stupid to realize what he got us into before he did and not smart enough to "spin" his way out.

On top of many tens of thousands of Iraq citizens dead (would they still be alive under Saddam? Food for thought) and 6 more Americans dead Thursday and Friday- the total American dead for a totally senseless war passed 3600.
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Any TRUE American Supports Our Soldiers

The AP reports that there were rallies today supporting our servicepeople- touted as "Operation America Rising."

Though the name of this thing stinks (How about "Operation America Sinking- But We Don't Blame Our Military?") I have ALWAYS and continue to support ordinary Americans trying to find a way to get a good education without having to pay off college loans until they are 60.

The ONLY faces I'd spit into would be that of select politicians who get us into absolutely stupid- unjustified wars.

One more thing- WHERE IS OSAMA BIN LADEN?????
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Dried-Up Chilean Lake Result Of "Global Warming"

Scientists in Chile now say the Andes mountain glacial lake they found "dried up" in late May was as a result of "global warming."

Experts think that so much of the glacier melted that it raised the lake's level and the additional water pressure punched a hole in the glacial debris damming the lake- draining the lake down the mountain into a nearby fiord.

One effect of global warming was to be extreme and unusual weather patterns.

I give you the almost constant Central states rains and the heat wave in the West and a wink- wink- nod- nod.

Just hope I'm not around for the final act of Planet Earth.

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Texas Flood Death Toll At 15

Meanwhile- the search continues for a missing rafter in the Trinity River in Dallas while those along the Red River below Lake Texoma can relax for now- less than a foot of water is expected over the spillway barring any more rain soon.
The bad news is more showers and thunderstorms are expected over southern Texas again today.
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KANSAS CITY'S BREAKING NEWS: HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE IN KC-MO

A "HIGH-RISE" RESPONSE OF KANSAS CITY-MO FIRE COMPANIES HAVE JUST REPORTED A FIRE ON THE 7TH-FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING "OUT."

ALMOST A DOZEN FIRE COMPANIES- AND A THIRD MAST-EMS UNIT - ARE AT THE FIRE AT 301 WEST ARMOUR IN MIDTOWN THAT WAS DISPATCHED AROUND 9:15 AM THIS MORNING.

THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS YET OF SERIOUS INJURIES - BUT AT LEAST FOUR FLOORS OF THIS 10-12-STORY BUILDING ARE BEING EVACUATED OF RESIDENTS.

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Stilwell-OK's Annual Strawberry Festival

I thought I'd Google this after replying to a comment made on another post - the annual May Strawberry Festival in Stilwell Oklahoma. I went a couple of years in the 1970's.

HERE is a video review I found of this year's 60th- "Voted Oklahoma's Best" Strawberry Festival by Cathy Spaulding (no relation).

The Festival is always held on the second Saturday of May- you can enjoy every manner of that tasty fruit as well as the family-oriented carnival atmosphere
of the lovely eastern Oklahoma town.

Congratulations Stilwell on No. 60 and Happy Birthday as well to the Great State of Oklahoma.
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U.S.S. Indianapolis Exhibit Opens Today In It's Namesake City

Anyone who's read all about World-War II knows the tragic story of the USS Indianapolis- sank by the Japanese after she delivered the components for the atomic bomb to Hawaii.

The Navy- who for days didn't even know the Indianapolis' wherabouts when she was sunk- held the Indianapolis's captain accountable for what was clearly just an act of war.

The City of Indianapolis opens an exhibit about the ship and her ill-fated crew today.

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FWH: "Bull Run Begins in Spain; 1 Person Gored"

Some people have accused Al of being full of bull - but I find it hard to believe someone was "Gored" or overcome by him.





OK- enough of the "bull&#$@"- here's the REAL story on the annual Darwin Day in Pamplona-Spain.
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The Kansas City MetroRegion Overnight News and Weather Report - Saturday, July 07, 2007

** FIRE DAMAGES SOUTH KC-MO FAST FOOD EATERY **



... The alarm came in just before 12:30 am for smoke inside the Sonic drive-in at 135th Street and Wornall in far southwest KC-MO..

It took crews about 15 minutes just to find the source of the smoke - it was a defective light fixture on the building.

The fire's reported under control exactly an hour later- and the Health Department was called to check if the eatery could open as normal today.

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... Around 5:30 am this Saturday morning- KC-MO fire companies were called to 52nd Street and Euclid in the south-midtown area- where they found 2 houses on fire.

It only took about 20 minutes to bring the "suspicious" fire under control and there were no injuries.

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** KC-MO POLICE QUICKLY NAB CARJACKERS **


... KC-MO Police's East Patrol dispatch put out a call that a "carjacking" had just occurred at 3901 Prospect at 3:37 am..

By 3:42 am after a brief car chase- the carjacked vehicle- a white Chevy Malibu- and 3 suspects- were in custody at 43rd Street and South Benton.

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

It was a near-perfect early-summer's morning- temperature's that fell slowly into the 70-75 degree range- very light south winds and mostly clear skies.

The heat and humidity returns today and tomorrow. I am concerned about what weather forecast models are showing in the Central states beginning Monday: More Rain....

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First with Metro Kansas City Breaking News - NBC41 ACTION NEWS.
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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...