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I heard from a cop it was at his house, the method he did it was with a bag and helium, i guess this is a common way to commit suicide
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How about this warm winter? I have a European palm planted in my back yard that is freakin' surviving so far. Today or tomorrow should be a record breaker in some (everywhere?) spots in the state.
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KC has more snow plows per square mile than Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis or Buffalo.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commut ... ance/1008/
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It's still February, right? Too early for thunder storms and tornado warnings.
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It can stop raining now.

Seriously.
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Took this today around noonish.

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Whoa, what happened?
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Weird. I noticed today some of the trees are like that behind the Home Builders Association at 103rd and Holmes. I looked at one close up and a large branch and section of the tree was split (still partially attached). I guess it must have been the wind. I don't recall noticing the trees that way until today (Wednesday). Yet PS's picture is from Monday. Odd.
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So... there is a good chance that we may be headed towards severe drought conditions. And in time for fireworks season.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/?n=drought
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getting exceptionally brutal on the east side of the state (I imagine it's the same in KC). yesterday was 106 and it was 90 when I got to work this morning so I'm going to guess 108 today. of course it's always hotter in the city than at Lambert. power went out last night for a while...that was interesting...

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It seems like KC or Kansas locations take the "hottest city" title a lot in the summer time. And from the ASG, it seems like KC has a rep of being this ultra-hot city. Has it always been this way? When I was a kid in KC, I thought it was hot here, but I didn't think it was one of the hottest cities in the US. I always thought that was like Phoenix or somewhere in the deep South or Texas. Has KC always been this hot?
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Considering that we're getting very close to if not actually breaking temperature records, I think it's safe to say that it hasn't always been this hot.
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According to people in Phoenix, the humidity is what makes people think KC is hotter than Phoenix.
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mean wrote:Considering that we're getting very close to if not actually breaking temperature records, I think it's safe to say that it hasn't always been this hot.
But it was when the temperature record was set? 1988 was a brutal summer...from what I hear...so was 1980...then some time in the 1950's...then the Dust Bowl. Think we are just having a summer similar to those...
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mean wrote:Considering that we're getting very close to if not actually breaking temperature records, I think it's safe to say that it hasn't always been this hot.
I mean in relative terms to the rest of the nation. Overall I would imagine its getting hotter everywhere (from what? who knows?)
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NDTeve wrote:
mean wrote:Considering that we're getting very close to if not actually breaking temperature records, I think it's safe to say that it hasn't always been this hot.
But it was when the temperature record was set? 1988 was a brutal summer...from what I hear...so was 1980...then some time in the 1950's...then the Dust Bowl. Think we are just having a summer similar to those...
Since 1889, we have had three spells of consecutive 79 degree or higher average temp summers. These include 1931-1939, 1952-1957, and potentially 2010-2012. 1934 (84.9) was the hottest we have been on average, compared to 2010's 79.7. I never really realized how brutal the 30s were until I looked at the link, and I never knew that the 50s were so hot.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/eax/localclimat ... rtrank.php

To be fair, consistent 90+ degree weather without much cooldown in the evenings could give you 84.9, but people will remember a week of 100+ a lot more, even if the average is much lower. I distinctly remember that Lawrence, Kansas was the hottest place in the US for a few days in August of 2000, but that was overall a pretty mild summer and fall.

In the winter, since 1888, we have had 14 winters that average above 36 degrees. 5 of those have been in the last 15 years.
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Maybe this Drought was actually a good thing for Missouri. Pretty much every state that surrounds us has a lot of high cases of West Nile Virus, Missouri only has 9 cases in the entire state, 16 are in Sedgwick County alone.

http://diseasemaps.usgs.gov/wnv_mo_human.html
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There's a light breeze outside.
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77 at noon yesterday.
33 at noon today.
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