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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 5:56pm

John McCain asks Tim Cook why he has to update his apps

By: KTAR.com

Updating apps can be a pain and Sen. John McCain went straight to the source to ask what the issue was.

McCain asked Apple CEO Tim Cook during a tax hearing, "Why the hell do I have to keep updating apps on my iPhone?"

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 4:18pm

Mac & Gaydos react to Jodi Arias' plea for life

By: Mac & Gaydos

Jodi Arias plead for her life on Tuesday, reverting her original request during an interview for death.

Mac & Gaydos (mainly Gaydos) followed along with her plea and live-tweeted the entire time.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 2:35pm

Mac & Gaydos: Man follows Angelina Jolie's surgery move

By: Mac & Gaydos

Today on Mac & Gaydos...

• 3:15 p.m.: Jodi Arias begged for her life today. Wait until you hear the audio from this!

• 4:15 p.m.: Man gets his prostate removed because he has the same gene as Angelina Jolie.

• 5:05 p.m.: Teens arrested for water balloons. Don't arrest teens for that, arrest them for faking a kidnapping. Sadly, both happened Tuesday.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 2:07pm

Final Word: Aren't saved lives worth cost of underground shelter?

By: Karie Dozer

Is anyone else surprised by the figure of 10 percent ... 10 percent of residents of Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas have someplace underground to escape to in the path of a tornado like the one that devastated Moore on Monday?

I was watching a local TV reporter and he gave that figure, albeit anecdotally, and I was stunned.

When we spoke with KTAR's Connie Weber on Monday, she mentioned that the soil in the area makes it difficult to build a basement (Connie grew up in Kansas and worked in Oklahoma City). That's understandable. And digging a basement anywhere is an added expense. But when you live in an area where the annual average number of tornado touchdowns is more than 50, shouldn't EVERYONE have access to a basement? Especially schoolchildren.

We have fire codes that dictate how many people can occupy a structure and how many ways a person can get out of a public building.

Why is there no mandatory underground shelter law in a place like Moore, Okla.?

Before you start to quote the tax dollars it will take or private investment required to build such shelters, think about this: Cost estimates for the damage in and around the tornado-ravaged area are around $1 billion. Who do you think picks up the tab for that? We all do.

And when it comes to keeping kids safe, all schools should have the best.

If your child went to school on the top floor of a high rise, would you be OK with the fact that there were no staircases in the event of a fire?

I didn't think so.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 12:40pm

Schools in Tornado Alley should have shelters for tornadoes

By: Chuck Powell

When I was a kid attending Brighton Elementary School in my sleepy southern Illinois hometown, once a year we would conduct a tornado drill and once every three years we'd get a tornado scare.

The drill consisted of a piercingly persistent bell, a single file line from the classroom, and an orderly aligning of little bodies along a sturdy school wall. You know the routine: Knees to the floor, head between your knees, fingers interlocked behind the head, and wait for that cursed bell to end. The entire process always seemed safer to me than standing on the roof, let's say, but hardly safe. It seemed then to be thirty years behind progress and that was thirty years ago.

So imagine my surprise to learn that the school in Oklahoma City that was struck by an F4 Monday utilizes the same archaic method for keeping kids safe. After all, this is Oklahoma. Residents aren't exactly unfamiliar with tornadoes. Spending money on new gym equipment or a gunman to patrol the campus I would think should rank behind establishing a safe room for tornado protection.

I understand the clay of Oklahoma makes digging basements difficult, but is a reinforced structure designed for multiple purposes but used when needed as a tornado hub out of the question?

It costs money, yes I know, but in April of 2013 Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed four bills into law intended to keep Oklahoma school children safe from a mad gunman.

School shootings, as horrific as they are, remain an incredibly rare event, where tornadoes rip through Oklahoma on an average of 55 twisters per year. I get it. Funding for schools is difficult to come by, but shouldn't we first focus funding to be used against recurring threats to the safety of our school children?

It is estimated that a homeowner who desires to build a safe room or storm shelter would spend $10,000 on such a project. That may be too pricey for the average homeowner considering the rarity of being hit by a tornado. But, even though larger and more costly, I would think every Oklahoma community might justify the cost for their schools.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 11:36am

Karie and Chuck: Need for safe rooms and shelters in Oklahoma

By: Karie & Chuck

Today on Karie and Chuck...

• 1:35p.m.: What is the need for safe rooms and shelters in Oklahoma after this massive Tornado took the lives of dozens of people?

• 2:15p.m.: The average American family says it takes an annual income of _____ to survive. Find out how much today...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 8:06am

Beginning of tornado that quickly turned into F4 in Oklahoma

By: KTAR Newsroom

This video was taken just miles away from a tornado that flattened parts of Oklahoma on Monday afternoon.

The start of the tornado can be seen forming in the sky all the way through it landing and spinning across the ground.

Many neighborhoods, shopping malls and schools were leveled. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.

At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 5:00am

Lap Land

By: Pat McMahon

Don't get me wrong I've seen what might be called erotic entertainment that I liked. Some of the spectacular topless reviews in Vegas are well done, even Cirque de Soleil can get sexy. If you feel that a night watching pole dancers allows you to consider yourself an authority on the Warsaw ballet, fine, enjoy yourself but don't take a 14-year-old with you. Consenting adults means those over 21. People who are eligible to view entertainment meant for adults only.

Sunday night's lap dance by Nicki Minaj on the Billboard Music Awards is the latest example of networks desperately attempting to be as relevant as cable. Relevant apparently means "sexually provocative". And that doesn't bother me a bit unless you're presenting simulated sex acts to little kids who are watching the show for Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift.

Sunday night there was so much crotch grabbing I expected a doctor to walk out on stage and shout "cough". If that's the way dancers are going to perform, put it on cable, attach a cover charge and a two-drink minimum.

I'm Pat McMahon.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 5:00am

How to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome

By: Ken Colburn, Data Doctors

Are you listening to this Data Doctors Tech Tip while sitting at your computer? If so, sit up straight.

We humans have taken an evolutionary step, backwards. Our posture at work sucks, and we can all thank the computer for that.

The posture lessons, cautionary tales, and ergonomic gadgets of the past 30 years have apparently taught us nothing, and as a result, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is now the most common neurological problem.

It affects many of us who sit at a computer typing away all day long. After all, we're Bipeds, hunter gatherers, not sitters and typers.

The typical treatment, even for moderate cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is surgery, and it's all be­­cause you were too lazy to sit up straight.

So how do you fix the problem? You need to set yourself, your desk and your chair up for success.

Keep your chair at a height so that your knees bend at a 90-degree angle; also keep your feet flat on the floor, and make sure your wrists are parallel with the floor.

Laptops are great but if you can, get an external keyboard and raise your computer up. Everyone looks down at laptops and that's a painful problem.

If you need some help keeping your hands from going numb, check out a pair of Imak computer gloves. We've got a link to them on Facebook.

We've got the answers to your technology questions.

All you have to do is ask us at facebook.com/datadoctors.

Monday, May 20, 2013 @ 5:26pm

Sun's shine

By: Pat McMahon

Boy, have I ever been enjoying the Arizona Republic series on the Phoenix Suns.

For all of us this season who were able to identify more of the vendors than anyone on the court -- or in the front office for that matter -- it's a nostalgic ride that reminds us what Phoenix's first major sports franchise has meant to the community.

Not because of championships. They are, in fact, the winningest NBA franchise never to have won a title. Real Suns fans remember that they were in the big show twice.

First in 1976 against the Boston Celtics, which will always be remembered for the three-overtime loss in Beantown. The second in 1993 against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, which also remarkably featured a three-overtime game and resulted in another series loss.

But the most memorable event of that series didn't take place on the court. It was when 300,000 people assembled in downtown Phoenix on a 105-degree day to say thank you. I was there that day. Just as I was there in the Coliseum for the first Suns game ever played. I was there when the draft crowd booed the choice of Dan Majerle and the night the first Gorilla showed up to deliver a telegram. And I'll be there when we win our first title. Because, I'm a Phoenix Suns fan.

I'm Pat McMahon.

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