Morning News – 02/17/15

WEATHER

...TRAVELERS ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED
A TRAVELERS ADVISORY FOR SLICK ROADWAYS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST/ 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.

ROADWAYS ACROSS THE REGION REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLICK THIS
MORNING...ESPECIALLY THE SECONDARY STREETS. TRAVELERS ARE ADVISED TO
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS MORNING AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. MORE
INFORMATION..ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

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KJD

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ROADS CONTINUE TO REMAIN SLICK FROM THE SNOW THAT FELL YESTERDAY.
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING TODAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT ALONG A
COLD FRONT. THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL DROP LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY FROM A DUSTING UP TO ONE INCH...WHICH
COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT WEDNESDAY MORNING TRAVEL. IN ADDITION TO
THE SNOWFALL...COLD AIR SURGING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WILL HELP DROP
WIND CHILLS FROM 0 TO 10 BELOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SWING THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY
BRINGING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...PERHAPS
UP TO ONE INCH...IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WHILE ALSO RAPIDLY
REDUCING VISIBILITIES.

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND
WIND CHILLS TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LOW
TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE -5 TO -10 RANGE WITH
WIND CHILLS OF -15 TO -25. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE IN
THE 0 TO -10 RANGE WITH WIND CHILLS OF -10 TO -20. THESE BONE
CHILLING TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS POSE A REAL DANGER TO ANYONE
WHO IS OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME!

A WINTRY STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY...A WINTRY MIX
FRIDAY NIGHT...AND RAIN OR SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TOTALS TONIGHT.

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KD/13

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CYNTHIANA / HARRISON

Missing Harrison County Man

Christopher Kennon Cooper
Age: 52
Height: 5’7″
Weight: 130
Eyes: Green
Hair: Grey

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CLOSINGS:

• Harrison County Schools – Closed
• Kids Club – Closed
• Community Action Council – Closed
• MCTC Licking Valley Campus – Closed
• Harrison County Government Offices – Closed
• Harrison County Senior Citizens – Closed
• Harrison County Circuit Court & Circuit Clerk – Closed

…additional offices and businesses are closed and/or delayed; please check with broadcast media, your business/organization facebook page, etc.

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A homeless shelter has been opened at the Search and Rescue’s new office at 313 Oddville Ave. According to Chief ReJeana Craft, the shelter opened Sunday with one person taking advantage of the shelter’s warmth. Craft said she and Gayle Velat, director of Cynthiana’s Red Cross, spent the night last night and are planning to stay again tonight. However, if they find a place for the one visitor at the shelter to go, the shelter will close unless there is a need to stay open. If anyone needs a place to stay they can call dispatch at 234-7100 or Craft at 588-1359 or Velat at 588-1777.

Craft said they are in need of meals, but also hygeine products, particularly soaps, shampoos, towels and wash cloths.

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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crews, reinforced with contract plow operators, are working across the Commonwealth today in an effort to keep priority routes passable as a winter storm with heavy snowfall sets in. Crews report that the snow is mostly a dry powder, easily plowed but coming down in such volume that plowed driving lanes quickly become covered again. Crews in many areas are concentrating on plowing instead of salting. Pavement temperatures typically are below the point at which salt is effective. And with the necessity of repeated plowing, salt would be scraped away, in any event.

The Transportation Cabinet can deploy 1,000 snow plows and 385 contractors with plows, but has responsibility for 63,000 lane miles of roadway. The cabinet also deployed 17 SAFE trucks – Safety Assistance for Freeway Emergencies – whose drivers are trained to render emergency assistance.

http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7b8427CF5C-5787-497E-B5AE-A2A777A04DFC%7d&activityType=PressRelease

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via Harrison County Judge-Executive Alex Barnett:

Update on the county roads. The road crew has been battling the snow all day. All roads are opened up. They are still quite dangerous. We are going to take a few hours off to recuperate and start pushing again at 3am. Please stay off the roads unless you absolutely have to be out. Due to the dangerous road conditions all County Offices will remain closed on Tuesday Feb. 17.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.barnett.92/posts/914931631873905

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KENTUCKY

In response to heavy snows and bitter cold across the Commonwealth in the past 12 hours, Gov. Steve Beshear declared a statewide emergency to allow local officials immediate access to state resources to assist in public safety and recovery efforts.

“This storm system is still dumping snow across much of the state and temperatures are forecast to drop further. Some areas may see accumulation of up to 16 inches, making it one of the worst storms in recent memory,” said Beshear. “By declaring a state of emergency now for the entire state, we can deploy any needed state assistance, including National Guard troops if necessary, without delay.”

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The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights at its meeting last week in Frankfort, Ky., unanimously approved a resolution confirming its support of a statewide Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act.

The 2009 and 2014 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing, published by the Kentucky Housing Corporation concluded that the lack of an enforceable statewide Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA) is a great impediment to fair housing. The current Kentucky General Assembly has before it proposed legislation that would pass such a law.

The resolution states: “The URL TA provides balanced rights and responsibilities for tenants and landlords, thereby furthering fair and equal housing opportunity for all persons, and discouraging unlawful discrimination. Currently, the URLTA is a state law that gives local governments the authority to choose whether or not to adopt its provisions. Approximately 18 Kentucky cities and counties have adopted the law.”

The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights is the state government authority that enforces the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 344), and, through its affiliation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, enforces federal civil rights laws.

http://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-Stream.aspx?viewMode=ViewDetailInNewPage&eventID=%7bF61B16E8-173D-4C79-A360-64A4DA1366BB%7d&activityType=PressRelease

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1621 – Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America.
• 1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
• 1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr, Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
• 1819 – The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
• 1863 – A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
• 1904 – Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
• 1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
• 1933 – Newsweek magazine is first published.
• 1964 – In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
• 1968 – In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
• 1972 – Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.
• 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
• 1980 – Mount Everest, 1st Winter Ascent by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
• 1996 – In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.