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Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Tiger Woods Accident, Conversation with Senator Mike Thompson

Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

Kevin Kietzman

News, Sports News, News:sports News, Politics

4.2803 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We are all shocked by the news of Tiger Woods' car accident and we now know he has a long way to go in recovery.  Doctors say  he's lucky to be alive.  And we have a wonderful conversation with an old friend.  You know him as your favorite TV meteorologist, I know him as the only other conservative where I used to work.  Mike Thompson is now a Republican state senator from Shawnee, Kansas.

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0:00.0

Window World is proud to present Kevin Keatsman has issues.

0:05.0

Simply the best for less at Windows, Kansas City.com.

0:09.0

As is always the case, we are shocked when the news breaks about the biggest

0:12.0

celebrities involved in something tragic.

0:14.6

This time, it's arguably the greatest golfer of all time.

0:17.1

Tiger Woods in a single car accident in suburban Los Angeles.

0:22.5

A nearly 700-foot rollover that required emergency surgery for his legs with rods and pins, and it's not over yet.

0:29.0

As we remember from the all-two sad days after Chiefs linebacker Derek Thomas car accident,

0:33.7

infection is the big worry here. Tiger has open wounds, and they will require great care.

0:39.8

Alex Smith needed 17 surgeries and two years to recover from his leg injury and the infections

0:45.6

that followed. And as we know, Derek Thomas didn't make it. It's a miracle Tiger is alive,

0:51.7

according to doctors, and he has a long battle ahead.

0:54.8

Again, we were all just left stunned, and we hope and pray for a full recovery.

0:59.8

Today on Kevin Keatsman has issues, a conversation with an old friend about his new career.

1:04.6

Mike Thompson learned to forecast the weather on a Navy ship, and when they decided to broadcast

1:08.6

the info to the entire crew, nobody else wanted to do the

1:11.6

work in front of the camera and the microphone. So Mike did it. After the Navy, he was prepared for

1:16.9

anchoring the weather on TV, and it led to a nearly four decades long career, most of it, in Kansas

1:22.4

City, on KCTV and WDAF. Mike retired from television in 2019 and is now a conservative state senator

1:30.6

in District 10 in Kansas, the Shawnee area. He's a meteorologist and a huge believer that humans

1:36.7

can't really change the climate. A wonderful family man and just generally a great American,

1:42.2

Mike talks with us about life, his career, and making Kansas a better place to live.

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