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Snowstorm shuts down Kansas City International Airport; 4 inches and counting
AP/WLNS ^ | Feb. 17, 2008 | Staff

Posted on 02/17/2008 9:23:27 AM PST by jdm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Heavy snow and slush has forced officials at Kansas City International Airport to close and cancel numerous flights.

Airport spokesman Joe McBride says the runways were closed around 6:30 a.m. Sunday when testing showed conditions were too slick to safely operate planes.

The airport sees about 440 flights a day.

Four inches of snow had fallen at Kansas City International as of 10 a.m. Forecasters predict snow will continue well into the afternoon.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: delays; kansascityairport; kci; missouri; snowstorm; weather; winter

1 posted on 02/17/2008 9:23:29 AM PST by jdm
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To: Perdogg
4 inches and counting



"Only four? Where's that six to eight you promised me, Bob?!"


2 posted on 02/17/2008 9:24:40 AM PST by jdm (You must have cookies enabled to log-in.)
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To: jdm

You Old Dog You.


3 posted on 02/17/2008 9:29:22 AM PST by Global2010 (Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
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To: jdm

So where do the 440 flights go now?


4 posted on 02/17/2008 9:31:40 AM PST by Global2010 (Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
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To: jdm

Well.....what a shame....we had a foot at our airport.....they did not shut down......northwest never gets weather coverage anyway.....


5 posted on 02/17/2008 9:37:12 AM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: Global2010

Probably nowhere until later this evening or tomorrow.


6 posted on 02/17/2008 9:53:40 AM PST by jdm (You must have cookies enabled to log-in.)
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To: jdm

In Michigan we don’t even condescend to notice a mere four inches.


7 posted on 02/17/2008 10:04:28 AM PST by kjo
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To: jdm

They’re promising 9-12” here in Madison, WI (holding fingers 2” apart), on top of 1/4 - 1” of ice.

(ahem)

This will take our snowfall amount to something north of 90” for the year. It’s remarkable that I haven’t heard anything about global warming this winter, in spite of a goodly number of leftie greenies here.


8 posted on 02/17/2008 10:05:23 AM PST by TWohlford
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To: jdm

That means all you Muzzie cab drivers wash your feet at home!!


9 posted on 02/17/2008 10:08:28 AM PST by Judges Gone Wild
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To: jdm

Four inches up in my neck of the woods is referred to as “snow flurries”.


10 posted on 02/17/2008 10:08:38 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 8 days away from outliving Junkyard Dog)
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To: SamAdams76
Four inches up in my neck of the woods is referred to as “snow flurries”.

Same here.

11 posted on 02/17/2008 10:12:04 AM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: Inyo-Mono; SamAdams76
Four inches up in my neck of the woods is referred to as “snow flurries”.

Ditto.

12 posted on 02/17/2008 10:28:05 AM PST by LucyT
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To: LucyT

Double ditto.


13 posted on 02/17/2008 10:38:48 AM PST by jdm (You must have cookies enabled to log-in.)
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To: TWohlford
...for the last two years Long Island, NY has only had about 10” of snow/sleet with extremely mild temperatures...almost no winter to speak of the last two years. This year has featured troughs in the mid west with ridging in the east....translation: storms run through the Eastern great lakes, west side of storm cold/snowy (Madison)...east side of storm warm/wet (Long Island).

I miss the snow on Long Island, usually get about 25” to 30” a year...My now 9 year old daughter has not been able to make a snow since she was 7 years old. Very sad.

14 posted on 02/17/2008 10:48:33 AM PST by never4get (We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid)
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To: TWohlford
Same here in the PNW record snowfall and rain.

I am anxious to hear about the Salmon runs this year.

The Marine Biologists were finding disease and zero populations in the last few years along our coast to N. Cali.

However the streams/rivers were also almost dry beds in the areas where the micro worm that causes spinning disease was highest.

Now with 358% over the normal snow pack we are expected to have 75 inches higher in in run off.

JMO but that could make for a healthy breeding and abundant return maybe even sending the Salmon to the now zero populated streams to mate the following year.

We will see.

So yeah Al Gorbal bite that.

What is the old 1970’s margarine commercial say:

It is not nice to full Mother Nature!

15 posted on 02/17/2008 2:02:41 PM PST by Global2010 (Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
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To: jdm

The weather kept me from attending my favorite aunt’s funeral in Topeka on Monday.


16 posted on 02/17/2008 2:05:24 PM PST by Doctor Don
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To: jdm

We have tornadoes, ayatollahs dropping dead, millions of pounds of frozen beef recalled, Iranians dropping the curse on Iranians, Kosovo declaring independence, 50,000 irregulars lined up on the border with Israel, and that is just this minute.


17 posted on 02/17/2008 2:09:48 PM PST by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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To: illiac

Boy isn’t that the truth.

Esp. here on the Coast on our local station our of Portland or the Tri State tv news.

I have to go to weather channel for a forcast that isn’t a blip.

(see my post here if you care too about my speculation on our Salmon runs)


18 posted on 02/17/2008 2:14:31 PM PST by Global2010 (Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
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To: never4get
Oh we will give up our overflow next year and I will hope and pray it blesses your home in Biblical proportions. : )
19 posted on 02/17/2008 2:17:32 PM PST by Global2010 (Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
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To: RightWhale

It’s the speed of communication IMO that we all know all.

Yikes I wonder if that is getting close to the original eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of life.


20 posted on 02/17/2008 2:20:47 PM PST by Global2010 (Election 2008 like playin Shoots and Ladders (ages 5 and up))
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