Southwest R-V Scours

The [Southwest R-V] school district came to be some years back with the consolidation of the [Washburn] and [Seligman] schools in Missouri consolidated.  Since it is located just to the south of the [Cassville R-IV] school district, which is where I graduated from high school at, it is a school district that I am very familiar with.

I am also very familiar with the [scours], which is agricultural term for [diarrhea].  The video below should clear up any confusion that you might be having at this particular moment.

Link: [On KY3]

More on the story [here].

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The Numbing of America

In an email exchange with the main news anchor of one of our local television stations, here in Springfield, MO, I mentioned that I believed that the dumbing down of America is not just an expression that makes for a good sound-bite, but after hearing all of the misinformation being broadcast and published about the tornado that utterly destroyed at least 25% of a community of around 50,000 residents, I am beginning to become more and more aware of the numbing of America.  For when almost everything that happens is the biggest, baddest, greatest or the worst thing to ever happen in the history of this world, is it not no wonder that so very many pay such little attention?

Case in point, I received an email from a local organization that is fairly well known for providing aid in disaster areas worldwide with the headline of, Deadliest Tornado In The History Of The U.S. Hits Close To Home.  Now, I realize that this might not be the best time to take exception to something like that, but why would they feel a need to overhype what really is a horrible situation in the hope of soliciting a donation?

89 Confirmed Fatalities So Far

It has been reported that there are now 89 confirmed fatalities from the tornado that tore through the southern part of [Joplin, MO] yesterday evening.  My wife and I live in Springfield, which is in middle of the lower part of the map above, and Joplin lies around 60 miles to the west southwest of here.

The link for Joplin, MO above contains a newspaper article from the Springfield News-Leader, along with some photographs of the devastation.  Below is a video.  Please keep in mind that what is shown on the video was actually a very developed area, with lots of houses and businesses—not out in the middle of nowhere, like it appears to be now.

Link: [On YouTube]

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