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For a while now, Diana & I have been visiting Cynthiana Baptist Church, and the experience has been quite good; the people are nice, the sermons are informative and entertaining, and the experience in the Sunday school class we were invited to–the only word I can think of to describe it is “fun.”

Anyway, this past Sunday, Diana had pointed out that the weekly service bulletin/pamphlet listed a URL on the bottom of the front page. I informed her that the domain listed–http://cynthianabaptistchurch.org–wasn’t really valid anymore; someone at the church had let the domain expire, and now it is being squatted upon. After explaining what squatting was, and telling her that the company that now possessed the name would likely want to charge the church a few hundred bucks to buy it back, I told Diana that it’d be in their best interest to just start-over from scratch and buy a new name, too. To this, Diana replied, “…well, maybe you should do something…”

Monday morning I sat down, with those words still echoing in my mind, and began to create a new site; a few days later, I had come up with a working concept, which is now running on my “home-server.”

The site is currently configured as a WPMU setup, with one main site/blog for the church itself, and a blog for the pastor, student ministry and kids ministry. Most of the information that I have posted on the main site came out of caches at The Internet Archive; some of the information supplied is original–but not much. Many of the larger images were either created or re-created by me (a couple of banner images were split apart–I stitched them together; I also created a new banner for the main site as well as a collage using images found scattered on the church’s multiple Facebook pages).

If you’d like to see the site I created, head on over to and take a peek; but do it soon–I don’t know how long I’ll keep it up.

I don’t know whether I’ll share what I made with the church–I’m kind of scared of stepping on someone’s toes; and, is it really someone’s place to try and jump in and do something when they aren’t even a member?

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Severe weather remains the biggest, and most common, threat Kentuckians face on a daily basis. If we need a reminder, we only have to look back to the severe storms and tornadoes that ravaged the Commonwealth last February 29 and March 2, 2012, leaving 25 dead, hundreds homeless and thousands of homes damaged. With that, Governor Steve Beshear has signed a proclamation (59KB) declaring March 2013 as Severe Weather Awareness Month, urging all Kentuckians to be aware, and be prepared, for severe weather.

Kentuckians face many weather related challenges throughout the year, from tornadoes, flooding, straight line winds, lightning and winter storms. Every household should be prepared to face these challenges at any given time.

As a part of Severe Weather Awareness Month on Tuesday, March 5 at approximately 10:07 a.m. EST, the National Weather Service (NWS), partnering with KYEM and Kentucky Broadcasters Association (KBA), will conduct a tornado test message which will activate NOAA Weather Radios and broadcast media. Schools, businesses, government agencies and citizens across the Commonwealth are encouraged to participate in the annual Statewide Tornado Safety Drill. A survey will be available online, allowing KYEM and other officials to measure and improve preparedness for such occasions.

Click here for the survey, Governor’s proclamation, items for an emergency kit and plan, additional weather information and other important links.

The Kentucky Division of Emergency Management (KYEM) would like to introduce the2013 Severe Weather Preparedness Calendar.

Each month the calendar will help you learn important things to do during severe weather. Things that will help keep you and your loved ones safe. You can also become an honorary member of the KYEM Severe Weather Program. It’s really simple and KYEM will even send you a nice membership certificate that you can frame and hang at home!

Listed below is Severe Weather specific information with downloadable PDF’s. Please feel free to share this web address with your friends.

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 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1235 PM EST WED FEB 27 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280600- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1235 PM EST WED FEB 27 2013 /1135 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013/ ...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SNOW SHOWERS OR SNOW SQUALLS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ALTHOUGH WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY INITIALLY LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION...UP TO AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS. THE BEST TIME FOR ANY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE FROM AROUND 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY SNOW MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. $$ AMS 

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
341 AM EST FRI FEB 22 2013
…PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS…

WHILE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
REGION…SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION
OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES
ACROSS THE REGION ARE CURRENTLY AT FREEZING AND ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO WARM SEVERAL DEGREES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
THEREFORE ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND
LIMITED TO ELEVATED OBJECTS.

A FEW SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS
MORNING…ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…SIDEWALKS
AND DECKS AROUND HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS MAY BE SLICK FROM THE PREVIOUS
FREEZING PRECIPITATION THAT FELL LAST NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.
MJ

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My next attempt at being woken up for a weather alert:

…if I receive an iNWS Alert via email, then call my Google Voice number, reading the email body. Service being used: IFTTT.com

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 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 326 AM EST THU FEB 21 2013 ...PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WITH NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING THIS EVENING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. WARMER AIR WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO PLAIN RAIN BY THE TIME THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE BEGINS. INZ079-KYZ032-033-035>037-040>043-048-049-212100- /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0007.130221T2300Z-130222T0900Z/ JEFFERSON IN-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-JESSAMINE KY- CLARK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON... PARIS...CARLISLE...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER 326 AM EST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. WARMER AIR IS FORECAST TO MOVE IN AFTER 2 AM EST RESULTING IN THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGING BACK OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. * MAIN IMPACT: SOME ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS AND SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MJ 

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 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-028>043-045>049-210900- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY- OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY- HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY- BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER 330 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013 /230 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013/ ...BRIEF PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER MOVING IN LATE THURSDAY... A FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL START TO FALL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. THIS PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO START AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW. AS THE EVENING GOES ON...WARMER AIR WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION...ALLOWING A TRANSITION TO MORE OF A RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MIX. WELL BEFORE DAYBREAK...ENOUGH WARM AIR SHOULD BE OVER THE REGION TO CHANGE ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW WOULD BE OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA WEST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR FROM LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. AS THE EVENING GOES ON...THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER LOOKS TO SHIFT EASTWARD...AS THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES THE PREDOMINANT WEATHER TYPE. FROM LATE THURSDAY EVENING TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RUN ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY GENERALLY EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF THE I-64 CORRIDOR. ACCUMULATIONS COULD RUN AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...AND BRIEFLY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ANY ACCUMULATIONS THAT OCCUR LIKELY WILL NOT REMAIN AROUND FOR LONG...AS WARM AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE REGION. ANY IMPACTS FROM FROZEN PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MITIGATED BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. $$ RJS/KJD 

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Yay! Another certificate!

…what I learned was:

Course Overview

This Independent Study course is intended to provide a general introduction to hazardous materials that can serve as a foundation for more specific studies in the future. The course has five Units which are outlined below. No prior knowledge of the subject is required or assumed. At the end of the course, the participant should be able to:

• Explain the roles of Federal, State, Tribal and local governments in reducing hazardous materials risks through Health and Environmental Regulations;
• Discuss the two major hazardous materials identification systems used within the United States;
• Identify possible terrorist’s targets of opportunities in the use of toxic industrial chemicals (TIC) as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD);
• Identify locations where hazardous materials are commonly found and how to determine their potential health effects;
• Describe basic terms that pertain to exposures to hazardous materials;
• Read and interpret a materials safety data sheet (MSDS);
• Explain how hazardous materials enter the body and contaminate the environment;
• Describe what communities can do to increase their emergency preparedness to respond to hazardous materials incidents; and
• Identify steps individuals and communities can take to protect themselves during a hazardous materials release.

The five Units are:

Unit 1: Health and Environmental Regulations. This Unit explains the roles of Federal, State, Tribal and local governments in reducing hazardous materials risks, and reviews the key provisions of critical Federal legislation.

Unit 2: Hazardous Materials Identification Systems. This Unit discusses the two major hazardous materials identification systems currently being used in the United States. It also outlines how communities should be able to recognize a terrorist use of toxic industrial chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).

Unit 3: Identifying Hazardous Materials. This Unit provides an overview of locations in which these materials are commonly found and discusses ways of determining what particular chemicals, with what health effects, exist in these locations.

Unit 4: Hazardous Materials and Human Health. This Unit introduces many of the basic terms used to discuss hazardous materials problems, and explain how hazardous materials enter and move through the body and the environment.

Unit 5: Preparing for Hazardous Materials Incidents. This Unit explains what local communities can do to increase their emergency preparedness to respond to hazardous materials incidents of any size. It also identifies steps individuals can take to protect themselves during a hazardous materials release.

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS5.asp

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Yay! I be certified.

…and here’s what I allegedly now know:

Course Overview

This independent study course contains information on a variety of radiological topics, including:

• Fundamental principles of radiation
• Nuclear threat and protective measures
• Nuclear power plants
• Radiological transportation accidents
• Other radiological hazards

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is3.asp

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