Mile wide tornado lifts and moves just before Kansas City. Vibes to

[applegrove]

one and all. Stay safe. More severe storms tonight and tomorrow.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Excellent local coverage.

Here is my personal favorite.

https://www.kmbc.com/nowcast

[applegrove]

2. Thanks.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I don't own a TV. But I am always interested in breaking news.

A while back I discovered that whenever there was some kind of breaking news, such as these Kansas City area tornadoes, all I have to do is Google TV stations that city. At least one of them, often all of them, will go to live coverage. And, depending on the story, even though the national networks might be covering the story, the local coverage is always good. One station might be better than another, and you can use your own judgement. But I get much more from watching the local coverage from the national version.

So do keep this is mind: Google TV stations in the city nearest the event, and you won't go wrong.

[applegrove]

4. Yes. You can go local on the internet to get primary information. I've

done it in disasters. One time a friend had an uncle doing aide work in Sri Lanka when the tsunami happened. I was able to find word of him by going local. Thanks for this tonight.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Wow. I've only done this within the United States,

but this affirms my confidence in the internet.

[applegrove]

6. Yup and the internet was kind of new when I went to Sri Lanka virtually.

But it still worked. That was in 2004.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. Thank you for telling me this.

Sometimes we forget how amazing the internet is and how long it's actually been around at this point.

[applegrove]

8. Yes. Like any human tool it can be good or bad.