Today, FRIDAY with CM, September 7, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for September 7, 2012:

With too many rules
governing is difficult
and fairness suspect.

--Robert Stone, Friday, 7 September 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 360, in progress

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Countdowns

• It's 8 days until the Saturday, September 15, 2012, and the 26th Annual Volunteer Lakeshore Cleanup on Green River Lake

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Weather Today:

Hazardous Weather Outlook issued at 3:374amET, 2012-09-07: "SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS EVENING A POWERFUL SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE LINE IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO REACH DUBOIS COUNTY AROUND 8 PM EDT...LOUISVILLE AND BOWLING A COUPLE HOURS LATER...AND THE BLUE GRASS AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. LARGE HAIL WILL BE LESS OF A THREAT BUT STILL POSSIBLE. LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN JUST A FEW HOURS. TAKE A FEW MOMENTS THIS MORNING TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLAN. DO YOU HAVE FRESH BATTERIES IN YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO? " Hazardous Weather,

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. this forecast from update at 4:15amCT September 7, 2012

Today - Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight - Periods of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Some storms could be severe, with damaging winds. Low around 67. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Click to National Weather Service for Columbia, KY

The Kentucky Mesonet is The Commonwealth's Official Source for Weather and Climate Data.
Mesonet stations are live in: Adair - Casey - Cumberland - Metcalfe - Taylor

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Quick links to Sunday with CM Columns - plus some - your comments welcome on editorial choices - added since Sunday, but appropriate to Sunday with CM, items:
direct links to articles, columns, poems and/or photos possibly with other important links, are posted next:

• Tom Chaney: Of Writers and Their Books - Shadows on the Wall a review of Tony Hillerman's 17th novel, The Shape Shifter
• Shamarie Claiborne: Photo Essay - Life in the Holler: A Sunday morning photo sermon
• Chuck Hinman: Reminiscences - Chuck Hinman: IJMA No. 059. America's Favorite Food
• Ken Page: Memories: Memories: Exploring Dug Hill and climbing it on in the days of one-speed bicycles
• Carol Perkins: Politics & Humor - Carol Perkins: A week for Tv if you're interested in politics
• Judy Somerville: Stories from a wonderful career, after retirement: Judy Somerville shares stories from 31 year USPS career following retirement at Marrowbone, Cumberland Co., KY post office
• Robert Stone: Poetry - Poetry by Robert Stone: When Cool September
• Mike Watson: History - Mike Watson: 1912 Baseball Champions from Russell Creek Academy

This story was posted on 2012-09-07 03:53:56