Today, THURSDAY with CM, July 26, 2012

Haiku by Robert Stone for July 26, 2012:

Simplicity lights
risks of error and failure,
allowing freedom.

--Robert Stone, Thursday, 26 July 2012.
-1000 haiku countdown to Chambers Stevens' 50th birthday, Day 317, in progress

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Countdowns:

• It's TODAY: Meet & Greet with new Superintendent Alan W. Reed at the Adair County School Board Conference Room, 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. Schedule, details
• It's 5 days to $40,000 for Mary's House goal target. As of July 25, 2012, yesterday evening's cash in hand total SOARED to $21,899. An Amen! please.
  
• It's 13 Days Until Adair County District Schools for the first day of School for students, Wednesday, August 8, 2012. 2012-2013 Adair Co. School Calendar

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WEATHER: Columbia, KY/NWS Weather Forecast: THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012

NOTE: Most of our readers may have already heard Weatherologist Larry Smith on FM 92.7 The WAVE, urge everyone to Be Heat Smart today, because another round of unhealthy temperatures await the area this afternoon. We know the rest of the story: The phrase came to him as a epiphany, as he was headed south this morning past Asbury United Methodist Church. "It just came into my brain," he confided in a telephone call this morning. "I don't know how," but it sure fits our weather.

At 2:48amCT, THURSDAY, July 26, 2012, The National Weather Service in Louisville issued a hazardous weather outlook, which says, in part

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAYRESULTING IN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THISAFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUNDLIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. STORMSSHOULD DECLINE AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY.

For information on Hazardous Weather, if any, click to Hazardous Weather

The National Weather Service in Louisville, KY, has issued the following forecast for Columbia, KY. this forecast from update at 7:15amCT July 26, 2012

Today - A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Some storms could be severe, with damaging winds and heavy rain. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 104. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tonight - Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 9pm and 1am. Some storms could be severe, with damaging winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half 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 - Tom Chaney - R771: Ireland and the Storyteller
• Chuck Hinman: Reminisences - Chuck Hinman - Mrs. Coffman: Teacher, Decorator, Traveler
• Carol Perkins: Humor - Carol Perkins: A Golfing Tale

This story was posted on 2012-07-26 05:41:27