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Tornado warnings
Macaela Stephenson (5/4, Letters, “Extreme weather coverage”) apparently has never heard the phrase “It’s better to be safe than sorry.” The newscasters were doing what they did to keep us safe, and I appreciate that.
She said most of the city experienced little or no damage from the storm. Since she was so busy watching the news and criticizing the weather newscasters, she should have heard them say what damage was being done. She should have heard that roofs were coming off houses and lawn furniture and other things were being thrown around outside.
The newscasters deserve more credit than Ms. Stephenson is giving them. If she doesn’t think they are doing the right thing when it comes to severe weather, she should move to another place where she approves of it.
Carolyn Williams
Overland Park
If a straight-line wind is as strong as an F-1 tornado, the sirens should go off to warn people of the danger.Betty Lusby
Village of Loch Lloyd
Biofuels and farmingBefore C.W. Gusewelle and the public support the farm lobby (5/4, Local, “Farmers shouldn’t reap blame”), they should read “Brazil can’t find world market for its ethanol” (5/4, A-16), which is made from sugar cane.
Has it not been proved that ethanol, especially corn ethanol, is not the answer to the oil shortage? Read The Star’s article (4/27, A-1, “Does ethanol measure up?”).
Why did the farm lobby, ethanol folks and oil companies push very hard to change the requirement that gasoline pumps had to label gasoline that contained alcohol? Ethanol pumps in Missouri and Kansas are not required to be labeled.
The consumer has right to know what he is buying.
Pat Hunt
Raymore
Thank you to C.W. Gusewelle for a well-written article. Not all farmers are corporations, as some have said in the blogs. Here in western Kansas, many of us have been brought up to provide for our country, as our ancestors have.Thanks for the kind words, and I will continue to provide a “horn of plenty” for all my neighbors.
Jay Giessel
Larned, Kan.
Whitlock in PlayboyJason Whitlock: I agree with and enjoy reading so many of your articles, but please tell me why you would agree to write for a magazine like Playboy (5/2, Sports, “Playboy headline misleads readers”), when it so obviously objectifies women?Angela Cox
Lee’s Summit
War in IraqRegarding Kim Kennaley’s letter (5/1) on how well Bush is saving Iraq: First of all, if she thinks we can change anyone’s religion or cultures of thousands of years, as well as ours in the United States, I have a bridge in New York that I will sell her for $1. The “single-minded” focus is on Iraq’s oil and money. In the meantime America is going to hell in a handbasket while we are busy butting into everybody’s business.
One of our brave troops lost is one too many.
She says the American people don’t seem to know to accept a country that is not united. Take a good look at our own country. Do you call that united?
Josephine Byrne
Raytown
No one can “snap their fingers” and fix a country, but apparently we can snap our fingers and break one. All excuses aside about why we’re there in the first place, the next time a country needs “ help,” it would be wise to fully evaluate the cultural situation.Too many Americans believe that our way is the only way. If you don’t understand the machine, don’t try to “fix” it.
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