Here's the full story .  To no one's surprise, the police chief extolls the virtues of having the citizens of his city being watched by his officers 24/7/365. He says the cameras have solved crimes.  But there is a word we don't ever see in the story: "warrant."   The police chief:   He said Lee's Summit police have used the cameras to assist in homicide, robbery and child exploitation cases and said they recently helped to locate a child who was the subject of an Amber Alert. They get warrants routinely in "homicide, robbery and child exploitation" cases. Can they get them to track people or autos with the cameras? Of course, they can. If they have time to get out an Amber Alert, they can get a warrant.  Since this was published, the number of police people accused is 70+. Think back to the lockdowns during COVID. Did you go out when you technically weren't supposed to? Chances are you did. I certainly did, one time to go out as a storm spotter....

I really enjoyed Never Stop Chasing  in the theatre Tuesday evening. It is the story of ultra chaser Reed Timmer, PhD. It was far  better than Twisters  and, in many ways was superior to the original  Twister  because it is the story of authentic storm chasing. The video is just spectacular, especially in the final scene involving chasing a violent tornado in Iowa.  Two things: Regardless of what Reed does, 1) Always wear a seat belt and, 2) Never, ever, ever get under a bridge to shelter from a tornado. I also didn't care for the thunder sound effects when most lightning flashes occurred.  Never Stop Chasing  ends its theatrical run Thursday evening. I urge you to see it on the big screen. 

I was so sorry to read that Dolly has passed away at the age of 80. What an incredible person and what a great life she led! In my early television days (1971-75) at WKY-TV in Oklahoma City, we produced the weekly  Buck Owens Show . Dolly was an occasional guest (below). The Buck Owens regulars and guests would invade (and that was the correct word) Studio 1 every Sunday evening. I would see Dolly in the hallway from time to time on the way to Studio 2 where I did the weather. I didn't really know who she was and -- not being a C&W fan -- I never introduced myself. For many years, I have kicked myself for not taking advantage of that opportunity.  May she rest in peace for a life well-lived. 

I found this map from AccuWeather to be quite interesting. 

As we wind down the summer camping, golf, hiking and outdoor season. 

The amber is the area of winds of ~ 40 mph. It is passing well south of the island chain. Note that the direct tropical storm winds will not affect the islands. There will, however, be dangerous surf -- especially on the south side of the islands. The radar at 7:04am shows the majority of rain is also passing south of the Big Island. There is rain on the island (look closely at the radar) but it will not be as severe as with Lala.  This will be the last update on Moke.