Greensburg, KS

[Bugeater]

Holy crap, the town was nearly completely destroyed by a mile-wide tornado. 7 confirmed deaths as of now, but that's likely to rise seeing the damage. Live coverage on CNN right now.

[ChiefsFire]

lotta good coverage here...www.kwch.com

[StcChief]

Just East of Dodge City

http://www.google.com/maps?q=Greensburg,+KS,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

[pikesome]

My mom's family is from Mullinville, about 5-10 mins west. She has a bunch of friends in Greensburg. I haven't been able to get ahold of her yet which is probably due to her not charging her cell more than anything. Still, this sucks. The funeral home there has buried 2-3 generations of Kendalls, they were very good for my father's this summer. Everything that family has is in Greensburg.

[chiefbowe82]

I had a baseball game near there yesterday and the lightning was crazy, they called the game as the storm was 20 miles away. The officer came up to our coach and said theres golf ball size hail 20 minutes away get the hell out of here.

[Braincase]

Gees... this looks like the worst tornado to hit Kansas in almost 20 years. Looks worse than Hesston, might be the worst since Udall.

[pikesome]

I just got off the phone with my mother, my uncle-in-law's family in Greensburg are ok. His sister was out at dinner when it happened but her kids got to the basement and are fine, their house is totally gone, neighbors came over and dug the kids out of the basement. The hospital is almost completely gone, I guess a large number of the wounded were hospital staff. Two of my uncles snuck into town, the town's evacuated, and got my uncle's mother. I spent 3-4 days there just this summer, sucks that it's all gone.

[Kerberos]

I went to Dodge City Communit College and went to Greensburg with a buddy that was from there. We went to score some Pot back in 1984.

[CoMoChief]

Is Katie Horner going nuts? Is she reporting this like it's the next Cuban Missle Crisis?

[ChiefsFire]

Is Katie Horner going nuts? Is she reporting this like it's the next Cuban Missle Crisis?

No...but most of Wichita tv is running wall to wall coverage, which they should....7 dead, more storms on the way....

People who throw a fit because they missed their favorite show are acting like idiots...case closed

[Coach]

Jeez, brought back memories of that Hesston being obliterated by that big F5 Tornado.

[Gracie Dean]

We used to go to the big well every summer when I was a kid

wonder how that is

[Chiefs Pantalones]

I used to know some people from there. I pray they are safe.

[Brock]

We used to go to the big well every summer when I was a kid

wonder how that is

http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornado/images/050507tornado_mb11.jpg

[Moon§hiner]

Helicopter footage make that place look like a bomb hit the entire city....watching weather right now, it looks like another storm is headed their way...I'm on the edge of the watch area and hope that no one gets their lives destroyed like these people did.

[Braincase]

We used to go to the big well every summer when I was a kid

wonder how that is

Welcome back - haven't see on board for a while. Hope you are well. :clap:

[Ceej]

Reminds me of the tornado I went through (not literally) in South Wichita /Haysville back in '98 or '99. While not near as major as the Greensburg one it was definitely scary as shit. I'll certainly never forget the loud noise it made.

Thoughts and prayers to the whole town.

[Coach]

Reminds me of the tornado I went through (not literally) in South Wichita /Haysville back in '98 or '99. While not near as major as the Greensburg one it was definitely scary as shit. I'll certainly never forget the loud noise it made.

Thoughts and prayers to the whole town.

In 1999.

http://www.tornadochaser.com/photo/wichtor.jpg

[007]

I was watching it on radar after a friend of mine let me know about it. Was just a HUGE blob of solid red on the weather.com radar.

[luv]

I used to have family there. My thoughts are with them. It's good to see those who lost their houses themselves still so willing to help others.

[Coach]

The search and rescue operations had to be postponed becuase of another severe weather heading towards Greensburg. Mostly lighting and hail thus far.

[PastorMikH]

Wow!

Used to go through Greensburg everytime I went on a hospital call in Wichita. We almost ended up there pastoring back in the mid 90's.

[Iowanian]

Thats terrible, but I sure hope the Local weather person didn't break in and interupt American Idol.

[tk13]

It is kind of funny, well not funny, but ironic. It seems like every storm season the whole anti-weather person breaking-into-TV thing builds up, then something like this happens. Although as I always say, I think they do sensationalize more nowadays for ratings, but if there are tornadoes out there then they should be on the air warning people, period.

[convict1983]

Thats terrible, but I sure hope the Local weather person didn't break in and interupt American Idol.

Its a Saturday genius. :rolleyes:

[Iowanian]

Thats an excellent contribution, Mr Newton.

[Gracie Dean]

Welcome back - haven't see on board for a while. Hope you are well. :clap:


Thanks

doing quite well.


thoughts and prayers for those in Greensburg. I used to know several people there.


Thank god for the technology we have now. Could you imagine the devastation had they not had the advanced warning

[shakesthecat]

My god...I just saw an ariel view of the destruction.

I'm amazed there weren't more killed.

[Gracie Dean]

My god...I just saw an ariel view of the destruction.

I'm amazed there weren't more killed.

have to think its because of the awesome technology and the ability to warn more quickly

[Fish]

My highschool football coach now lives(d) in Greensburg.... I have no way to contact him, and I'd like to know if he's alive....

[tk13]

http://www.kwch.com/global/story.asp?s=6473329

Updated: 12:26pm Sunday

The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Greensburg was an EF-5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. A spokesman for the NWS office out of Dodge City estimates winds were near 205 miles-per-hour. The tornado was about a mile and a half wide.

This is the first EF-5 and the first F-5 under the previous scale since the tornado that hit Moore, OK in 1999. That storm system spawned the Haysville Tornado.

[Zebedee DuBois]

from Kansas.com:
http://media.kansas.com/smedia/2007/05/05/16/577-050507aerial2.standalone.prod_affiliate.80.jpg

[Zebedee DuBois]

Here is another one
http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/images/_MG_0319.jpg

[htismaqe]

http://www.kwch.com/global/story.asp?s=6473329

I figured it would end up as an EF-5 after seeing the damage on TWC this morning.

And that area got hit again yesterday while they were trying to clean up...

[arrowheadnation]

It's getting hit again right now....the third day in a row.

[htismaqe]

Those poor people.

[keg in kc]

Seeing those photos, it's amazing that only 8 people died in the initial storm. I don't think I've ever seen that kind of total destruction, although I've obviously only been out here just under a decade.

[DaFace]

I was looking through pictures of what's left of Greensburg and came across this photo. It never ceases to amaze me how a tornado can obliterate one structure and leave the other untouched when they are 20 feet from each other. :shake:

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/7480/capt0bc341fb9c8344ee8c4se6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[stlchiefs]

Seeing those photos, it's amazing that only 8 people died in the initial storm. I don't think I've ever seen that kind of total destruction, although I've obviously only been out here just under a decade.

The City Manager had a press conference about an hour ago and said there were 10 dead, inside the city limits of Greensburg (plus the 2 deaths outside the area). He did say they found another survivor last night.

[Rooster]

The City Manager had a press conference about an hour ago and said there were 10 dead, inside the city limits of Greensburg (plus the 2 deaths outside the area). He did say they found another survivor last night.

They also found the 1000 pound metorite that was in the muesum next to the well.

Pretty amazing. I was there last November and can not fatham the destruction of the entire town.

[pikesome]

They also found the 1000 pound metorite that was in the muesum next to the well.

Pretty amazing. I was there last November and can not fatham the destruction of the entire town.

When I called my aunt (my uncle's whole family lives there) she said it was kind of funny that so many of them were worried about that meteorite. With the problem's they'll have it was a bit weird that's a concern. On the other hand, it was quite a source of pride for some so...

[Skyy God]

Per my relative that live there, the only structure left untouched was the grain elevator.

Here's one account of survivors. "One story they told was of finding a
grandmother and mother who had two small children wedged between them and a toilet, which was the only thing left on a concrete slab that had been the mother's home. They had locked their arms around the children and were trapped under a garage door when the boy's located them. There was absolutely nothing else on that concrete slab except the toilet and the garage door!"

[journeyscarab]

Per my relative that live there, the only structure left untouched was the grain elevator.

Here's one account of survivors. "One story they told was of finding a
grandmother and mother who had two small children wedged between them and a toilet, which was the only thing left on a concrete slab that had been the mother's home. They had locked their arms around the children and were trapped under a garage door when the boy's located them. There was absolutely nothing else on that concrete slab except the toilet and the garage door!"

Freaking amazing. What a blessing! There has been many a time I've held on to the toilet for dear life - while promising I'd never drink again. ;)

[greg63]

Thoughts and prayers out for the people of Greensburg.

[Rooster]

President Bush will be landing in Wichita momentarily and taking a helicopter to Greensburg. That is all.

[ROYC75]

President Bush will be landing in Wichita momentarily and taking a helicopter to Greensburg. That is all.

DE DEBBIL IS LOOSE ...........

The Dems blame Bush for this tornado.........

[stlchiefs]

DE DEBBIL IS LOOSE ...........

The Dems blame Bush for this tornado.........

Obama said 10,000 people died in Kansas from it. :)

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8P0K1FG2&show_article=1

[boogblaster]

Our commander and chief...im impressed ....

[Buehler445]

Good pictures DaFace. Crazy

[Phobia]

President Bush will be landing in Wichita momentarily and taking a helicopter to Greensburg. That is all.

Hopefully Rex will post his schedule.