Union Pacific's " Big Boy" steam locomotive barreled through the KC suburb of Martin City Tuesday afternoon. These are the largest stream locomotives ever made -- 25 units for manufactured for World War II use. They pulled trains over the Rockies during the war. Its wheels are seven feet tall. They are so massive that when they made a tour a few years ago, my sister complained, "I couldn't see anything because we were too close!" Union Pacific Railroad deserves a lot of credit for keeping this aspect of railroad history alive. Enjoy the video. My daughter-in-law caught the Big Boy in eastern Colorado on its way to  Denver. She and her family, who had not seen it before, were impressed. You can a better perspective of the entire loco in this piece.

Pleased to let you know that three more photos have been added to my collection at Adobe Stock Photography . Take a look when you have a chance. I think you will enjoy them.  Just a reminder, there is a second page to the collection.

The area in brown over eastern New Mexico has a significant risk of tornadoes this afternoon and evening. Please keep up on local storm warnings.  Monday, there is at least a chance of tornadoes in Kansas. Stay tuned!

Fortunately, we haven't had to do one of these for a while. The brown area, which extends north to Mountainair and Santa Rosa, has a significant risk of tornadoes later today. Please keep up on the weather in the region. 

Our home in Northeast Wichita is on the market and we are having an open house  on Sunday from 2 to 4pm. It is a great house and we loved living there for 32 years. It is a nice open lot with terrific views of sunsets.  You can see interior and exterior photos and learn more here .  If you live in Wichita or are moving to Wichita-Sedgwick County, please take a look. You will be glad you did!!

The past month has clarified how Big Climate colludes with and has become imbedded in America's mainstream news media, literally. These organizations "embed" their activists in newspapers and other new organizations, even my hometown Wichita Eagle. You'll recall even while Helene and Milton were ramping up, I was writing about Big Climate getting its press releases ready which the media would publish practically verbatim. Others have noticed. Sure enough... With the permission of Dr. Ryan Maue (PhD in Tropical Meteorology from Florida State University and former Chief Scientist for NOAA), I'm reproducing a recent tweet of his. Yet, "climate change is causing worse hurricanes" is not the position of mainstream climate science! I'll present that in a moment.  A meteorology student, Chris Martz, has noticed the same thing. With permission, I'm reproducing a tweet of his: Evidence of global warming: • Tornadoes in Tornado Alley occurring in tornado