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That's a good one, Relo!

Author:
Liza

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Date Posted: 14:26:42 04/26/01 Thu
In reply to: Relo from StL 's message, "Speaking of weather, the Tonganoxie Split ..." on 11:04:19 04/26/01 Thu

>Thursday's KC Star has a special section on severe
>weather, showing a picture of an approaching tornado
>on the front.
>
>Turn inside to the 2nd page, look at the top left
>corner, and read about the Tonganoxie Split. This
>term is attributed to Dan Henry, a retired weatherman
>from Channel 4 you may remember from 10 years ago.
>His picture is at the end of the article, doing what
>all good weathermen ought to do occasionally --
>holding out his hand to see if it is raining!
>
>I bring this up because Dan Henry is the elder
>statesman of the Kansas City Heart of America
>Barbershop Chorus, having been a member for over 50
>years. As we so often like to tell him (and he
>doesn't quibble), he's older than dirt! If you were
>at the spring show, Dan is the lead singer for the
>Tone-Henge quartet that presented a knee-slapping
>comedy routine as part of the show.
>
>I have to wonder about the Tonganoxie Split, though.
>Last year, Tonganoxie caught a tornado, and I don't
>recall anyone talking about a split at that time. I
>suppose if there is something to it, and the storm is
>diverted south, then it's look out Olathe!
>
>I wonder if Gary Lezak likes to sing ...

I don't know, but Wendy does!
:)

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Dan Henry.....still miss watching him do weather.....	GC	15:04:30 04/26/01 Thu