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Ruskin Tornado Memorial: Fox 4 KC This Evening

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The story is here . The video is top right  after a commercial plays.  -- original post --  Regan Porter of Fox 4 Kansas City interviewed me this morning regarding the rebuilding of the damaged Ruskin Heights Tornado Memorial . She will also be interviewing the head of the Ruskin Homeowners' Association.  Regan says it will air between 4:30 and 6:30pm with a shorter version between 9 and 10:30pm. Hope you can tune in. 

Here is the Fox 4 Report on Issues With the National Weather Service's Tornado Warning Program

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Ken Graham, Director of the NWS, interviewed by Fox 4 Kansas City Reporter Linda Wagar's story with my interview is here . She came to Wichita and spent two hours interviewing me. She did a fine job with her report. As she pointed out, my goal is not to gratuitously criticize the National Weather Service (NWS) but to help fix a worsening problem.  When Linda's report ended, Fox 4 gave their evening meteorologist, Joe Lauria, a platform to speak about my report. Unfortunately, he was not well-informed as to my findings. Because these are life-and-death issues, I wish to provide more information.  None  of tornadoes I cited were "one minute spin-ups." They were overwhelmingly "supercell" tornadoes -- the most dangerous type. Four of the 14 tornadoes were fatal. Most were EF-2, EF-3, and one was an upper-end EF-3 that was close to EF-4 intensity. People are dying as a result of these warning issues.  If, as Joe said, there were 21 tornado warnings and just 2 to...