Will England

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Photographer, dabbler in video. Unix geek, gamer, reader. Loc: Overland Park, KS now: https://will.mylanders.com/now video: https://www.youtube.com/@wxexw photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kcsporttour/ blog: https://wxexw.blogspot.com/

Grey button up mens shirt with two pockets and a camp collar.
Hydrangea blossom
KU Jayhawk logo colored in Algerian flag colors with crescent and star in support of the Algerian team HQ'd in Lawrence, KS
Panigale V2 S 100 Panigale V2 S 100 is developed from the Panigale V2 S: the lightest ever Panigale, it marked a watershed moment in the history of Ducati sports twins because, for the first time, it was not derived from the higher-capacity motorcycle racing in Superbike. With this special edition, technical and style elements become part of the story, transforming the Panigale V2 S 100 into an object that combines performance and heritage. A chapter of Collezione100 that celebrates true sports roots, re-expressed with contemporary language
Black cat looking up.
Photo of the author behind a Canon camera with microphone attached.
Silver sony transistor radio
Book cover from 'Wolf Worm' by T. Kingfisher
Big Tech Confirms DHS Subpoenas: Meta and Google Users Targeted Over Anti-ICE Posts Major tech firms acknowledged they have complied with DHS subpoenas aiming to ID anti-ICE protestors
Panoramic photo of the Rocky Mountains taken on the road to Engineer Pass, Gunnison, County, Colorado in 2003. Camera: NIKON E2500
An image of the January 3rd full moon
Image of a government leader mistaking a public post for a direct message in a misunderstanding of how computers work.
US Tariffs Should Not Apply to Records and Other Physical Media Vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, and other recorded media should be exempt from any tariffs under US presidential executive order. The executive order going into effect on August 29, 2025, removes a long-standing "de minimis" tariff exemption for most goods valued under USD $800. However, this change does not apply to "informational materials” like music media, which are still exempt from tariffs under US law 50 USC 1702(b)(3). Simply put, music and informational media have always been exempt from tariffs and continue to be so at this time. This means neither sellers nor collectors on Discogs should be charged additional customs fees.
Graphic showing a severe thunderstorm watch for most of Central, Northern Kansas and Southern and Eastern Nebraska.
Satellite map image of 10rd street and Metcalf in Overland Park, KS showing the North East corner where Indian Creek runs, with a red pin indicating where flash flooding is currently occurring.
Yellow orange Album cover from 'Shawnee Mission West Pride Band" with title of "Presents Our 2025 Bands" and a photo of the band on stage.
Topographic map of Camp Mystic.
.SHORT TERM... (Today through Saturday) Issued at 142 AM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 Showers and isolated thunderstorms with pockets of heavy rain are ongoing over much of South Central Texas early this morning. This is due to forcing from a mid level trough over the Edwards Plateau interacting with an unseasonably moist airmass with PWs of 1.8 to 2.4 inches. The 2.34 inches seen on the 04/00Z Del Rio sounding is at the climatological maximum for this time of year. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches can be expected with isolated totals of 5 to 7 inches possible. Instantaneous rainfall rates up to 5 inches per hour are possible. The favored areas are across the Edwards Plateau and Hill Country, as well as Bexar County where a Flood Watch is in effect. These rains will continue through this morning and have extended the Flood Watch through 18z for those areas.
.UPDATE... Issued at 855 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025 Updated the Flood Watch to include Bexar, Kendall, Gillespie, and Llano Counties. The Flood Watch is in effect through 7 AM Friday. Abundant tropical moisture continues to be pulled across the local area this evening and stays through the overnight hours. A low level jet is forecast to increase through the period and helps with the development of new cells which are expected to be heavy rain producers with precipitable water values ranging from 2 to 2.5 inches. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches with isolated 5 to 7 inches are possible across the Flood Watch area.
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 737 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... - Isolated instances of flash flooding from slow moving storms is possible through tonight. A Flood Watch is in effect for the western Hill Country and southern Edwards Plateau. - Locally heavy rainfall is possible from scattered to widespread showers through tonight. The greatest potential is along the Highway 90 corridor, southern Edwards Plateau, and Hill Country, with some potential extending into the I-35 corridor. - Rain coverage decreases for Independence Day, but chances for isolated showers continue.
.SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 138 PM CDT Thu Jul 3 2025 Scattered shower activity has been ongoing across South-Central Texas throughout the late morning and early afternoon, with a gradual increase in coverage. A substantial plume of deep tropical moisture continues to stream north across South-Central Texas, characterized by unseasonably moist precipitable water values as high as about 2.4 inches. [...] Observed and simulated vertical profiles show an environment presently conducive to heavy rain, supporting 1 to 2 inch per hour rain rates. Given the broad region of rising air and lack of dominant surface boundaries, shower activity looks to remain widely distributed across South-Central Texas with sufficient instability for isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms. Strong gusts of 40 to 50 mph are also possible as the heavy rain rates drag down cooler air aloft. Cold pools expanding under weak deep-layer flow may become a focusing mechanism for concentrating a few clusters of showers and storms as depicted on some of the high-resolution mesoscale guidance, and the heaviest rain totals may be associated with these slow-moving clusters. Models remain in disagreement over the placement of the heaviest rain totals, though the greatest rainfall potential this afternoon into tonight is over the Highway 90 corridor, southern Edwards Plateau and Hill Country. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches appear likely, but locally higher amounts upwards of 5 to 7 inches could materialize if slow-moving storms begin to cluster. Given the heavy rainfall potential, some flooding is possible. A Flood Watch is now in effect through 7 AM Friday morning for the southern Edwards Plateau and western Hill Country, where the intersection of higher forecast rainfall amounts and rainfall from the past few days is most evident. [...]
.SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... Issued at 117 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Abundant tropical moisture continues to arrive across the local area for the rest of today into this evening. Scattered to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecast to affect a good portion of south central Texas especially areas along and west Highway 281 (western Hill Country, southern Edwards Plateau, and Rio Grande Plains). Some of these showers and storms could produce heavy downpours leading into localized flooding and due to that, WPC Day One ERO highlights the above mentioned areas under a marginal (1 of 4 risk of excessive rainfall) category. In addition, wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph and up to 50 mph are likely such as in the past few afternoons. The northern Hill Country including the Austin metro and areas along and east of Highway 183 should stay dry for the most part with a passing shower or two late afternoon. The dry airmass over these locations come from a Saharan Air Layer that it is in place for the next day or so. By mid to late evening, the shower and thunderstorm activity across the Rio Grande and nearby locations are expected to diminish with the loss of daytime heating. Overnight lows are forecast to range from the upper 60s to mid 70s with partly to mostly cloudy skies. A similar weather pattern of today is forecast for Wednesday with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms affecting mainly the Rio Grande and southern Edwards Plateau in the morning with numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon. Some of these showers and storms could produce heavy rains that could potentially lead to localized flooding. Areas along and east of Highway 183 should stay mostly dry with low chances for rain. Wednesday`s highs are forecast to range from the upper 70s across the southern Edwards Plateau to the lower to mid 90s along the I-35 corridor and coastal plains areas.
Image of tweet from United Cagun Navy: "Here are the facts for anyone spreading misinformation about any lack of warning for the #TexasFlood: A flash flood warning was issued by the @NWS for Kerr County, TX at 1a on Friday, 7/4, followed by a severe flood emergency warning at 4a, and another for Kerrville at 5:30a." from https://x.com/Unitedcajunnavy
Image of KC Royals ballplayer #7, with text KC 3, S(Seattle) 2 and 'Royals Win'.
Map image of the location of the photo in the above post, showing a dot on the Chevron station where the dumpsters were burning, near Cesar Chavez Ave. and N. Alemeda St.
A trash dumpster on fire with smoke billowing up in the air.
Image of parking garage 'C' on the Aspira (formerly Sprint) campus with smoke rolling out. A fire truck and fire chiefs truck are parked on the road in front of the garage, while an inspector is observing the situation.
Screenshot of the Kansas City Royals with the caption 'A find Wins-day' and #HEY-HEY-HEY. Royals baseball player #7 is show in the image over stylized text of 'Royals Win!, the Cincinatti Reds logo, the number 2, with the KC logo, beside the number 3.
Map (satellite) image composite showing the Aspira campus overlaid with Kauffman stadium.
National Weather Service graphic for the Kansas City area showing "The good news is the axis of heavy rainfall has shifted southward. The bad news is it is still looking quite wet. Most heavy rain should occur overnight Fri → Sat and Sat → Sun. Localized flooding remains possible. A few strong storms with hail and strong winds are possible."
Dime size hail on a wooden deck in Overland Park KS
many wizards over the ages, some of them very major mages indeed, have found themselves curled in ditches and wishing desperately for their mothers. But they tend not to mention these things in their memoirs.)
SM West student warming up on the bass for the Overland Express Jazz performance at Jazz on the Bridge.
50th floor view from the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Video of a fire at Fenix Battery Recycling on Byrehill Industrial Estate in Kilwinning, Scotland from Wednesday April 9th.
Photo (not mine) from the Kansas City Plaza Fountain area of the #handsoff #50501kc protest yesterday. People are gathred filling the near green space while allowing cars and traffic to pass on the paved roadway. Via /r/bartonb in /r/kansascity
Cartoon snap filter of a photo of a white older man with stubbled beard, glasses.
NWS Amarillo graphic reading '130 Year Snowfall Record Broken Today'
Image of a baseball player pitching, with text of Royals Win! KC 11, Milwaukee 1.
Image of the Smith and Wesson 10MM FPC (Folding Carbine) Full-Size Grip Module Two-stage Buffer System Extended Slide Lock & Mag Release and most importantly, chambered for 10MM
Strongest Wind Gusts From Friday, March 14, 2025 1 W Burlington 77 mph Lawrence 71 mph Clay Center 65 mph Topeka Forbes 64 mph 2.5 N Everest 64 mph Topeka Billard 62 mph Concordia 62 mph Emporia* 61 mph 5 NNNW Olpe 60 mph Manhattan 60 mph Saint Marys 60 mph Ottawa 60 mph *Observation was taken shortly before power outage at weather station. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE • TOPEKA, KS
Photograph of the American flag offer a snow covered rest area in Ohio taken in December of 2024
Tehncial drawing of the Rode M5 with polar response pattern and frequency response graph
Black and white photo of the sun shining though the deck rails and a winter bare tree silhouetted by the sun with a coat of fresh snow over all.
Photo of new recording equipment.
"Doing so, however, does call for people to step forward. The Coup Klux Klan can be foiled. But for those of us who instinctively tilt towards subtlety and gradation, it’s time to stop nuance mongering and call Nazi salutes, purges and forced removal of people for what they are."
If--your--eyes--drop--they will get atop o' you! (Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again) -- There's no discharge in the war! Try--try--try--try--to think o' something different -- Oh--my--God--keep--me from goin' lunatic! (Boots--boots--boots--boots--movin' up an' down again!) There's no discharge in the war! Seven--six--eleven--five--