Author Topic: Greensburg,Kansas (Read 623 times)

Slash27 · « **on:** May 05, 2007, 09:05:24 AM »

Anyone from from our community live near there? Reported 1 1/2 mile wide tornado hit there last night.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070505/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather

Bodhi · « **Reply #1 on:** May 05, 2007, 09:32:16 AM »

ACK!

I hope everyone is ok.

Rondar · « **Reply #2 on:** May 05, 2007, 11:02:19 AM »

I live northwest of Greensburg a couple hours drive away. Relatively close but relatively far away also. We watched the lightning and saw the big storm cell. We can see things that distance because out here in western Kansas we have a lack of trees and hills to block any view of the prairies and fields. The local news painting a bleak view of things at the moment too. We have sure had more than the normal tornado happenings in our area this year.

Our prayers go out to the deceased and hurt ones.

Slash27 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2007, 06:54:18 PM »

Another tornado warning has been issued in Kiowa county for a cell 6 miles south of Greensburg,Ks.

Odee · « **Reply #4 on:** May 06, 2007, 01:09:37 AM »

According to our news... Greenburg is flat as the plains. Didn't see anything standing 'cept a wind scrubbed house, a pool, and what looked like a greenhouse with no glass.

FiLtH · « **Reply #5 on:** May 06, 2007, 01:32:54 AM »

I lived in Texas for a few years and we had a couple small tornados. They freak me out. I couldnt live in that area. Id sleep in a hole.

ddoug · « **Reply #6 on:** May 06, 2007, 03:47:37 AM »

If tornados freak ya out then you definitely don't want to go through a hurricane. I went through various parts of Andrew, Irene, Frances, Jeanne, Katrina and Wilma. Katrina scored an almost direct hit when it was a cat 1. Wilma's eye passed over my place as a decent cat 2. The others were annoyances for me.

The damage from the F4 in Kansas looks exaclty like Homestead, FL did after Andrew. Miles and miles of utter destruction.

My heart goes out to the people of Greensburg.

P0G0 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 08, 2007, 10:08:42 AM »

I lived in Greeensburg KS. for a few years after i left the army in 83, and before that lived in a small town named Coldwater about 23 miles to the south. The town of Greensburg being our greatest rival in football.
I didnt hear about this until i came to work monday morning. and I do have a friend on the casualty list. Have been in contact thru messenger services with some of my friends and they can not describe what is left. from the pics I saw the only thing left i could recognize was the grain elevator. It reminded me of the town of Udal Kansas,destroyed in the 50's I just pray they will rebuild... My Prayers to those I know and also to those I dont.
Thanks to all those on this board for thier prayers also
POGO

Masherbrum · « **Reply #8 on:** May 08, 2007, 10:24:53 AM »

A shame those 4 soldiers and reserve officer were looting cigs and alcohol.

I hope that community rebounds. <>

Hornet33 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 08, 2007, 10:59:30 AM »

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Originally posted by ddoug
If tornados freak ya out then you definitely don't want to go through a hurricane. I went through various parts of Andrew, Irene, Frances, Jeanne, Katrina and Wilma. Katrina scored an almost direct hit when it was a cat 1. Wilma's eye passed over my place as a decent cat 2. The others were annoyances for me.

The damage from the F4 in Kansas looks exaclty like Homestead, FL did after Andrew. Miles and miles of utter destruction.

My heart goes out to the people of Greensburg.

I've been through both. Grew up in Oklahoma and have been in a few and seen a bunch of tornados. I've been living on the East Coast for the last 12 years and have been through a few hurricanes as well and I'll take a hurricane over a tornado any day. Hurricanes give you days to get prepared, tornados only give you minutes and that's if your lucky. Plus hurricanes don't normally drop hail the size of baseballs and softballs on your head either.

Nothing scarier than looking at a super cell pump up over the prarie and know it's heading your way. Then the sky turns this weird shade of green and then goes almost black, well at that point your screwed. All this can happen in less that 30 mintues and if you don't see the signs early enough it will catch you by surprise.

Hurricanes pffft. The only reason people die from hurricanes is because they were too stupid to get out of the way. Tornados often don't give you the chance to get out of the way leaving you no choice but to try and ride it out.

Shuffler · « **Reply #10 on:** May 08, 2007, 11:25:45 AM »

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Originally posted by Hornet33
I've been through both. Grew up in Oklahoma and have been in a few and seen a bunch of tornados. I've been living on the East Coast for the last 12 years and have been through a few hurricanes as well and I'll take a hurricane over a tornado any day. Hurricanes give you days to get prepared, tornados only give you minutes and that's if your lucky. Plus hurricanes don't normally drop hail the size of baseballs and softballs on your head either.

Nothing scarier than looking at a super cell pump up over the prarie and know it's heading your way. Then the sky turns this weird shade of green and then goes almost black, well at that point your screwed. All this can happen in less that 30 mintues and if you don't see the signs early enough it will catch you by surprise.

Hurricanes pffft. The only reason people die from hurricanes is because they were too stupid to get out of the way. Tornados often don't give you the chance to get out of the way leaving you no choice but to try and ride it out.

Hurricanes spawn lots of tornadoes..... and no one knows where a hurricane will go in till the last minutes before it hits..... they are notorious about changing directions.

Sting138 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 08, 2007, 12:29:32 PM »

This was about as bad as the outbreak of tornados in 97 when Jarrell TX pretty much got wiped off the map.

Jarrel TX Tornado May 27, 1997

Curval · « **Reply #12 on:** May 08, 2007, 12:33:24 PM »

I have been in quite a few hurricanes. I'll take them over a tornado (assuming the 'cane doesn't spawn 'em) any day.

4deck · « **Reply #13 on:** May 08, 2007, 12:38:36 PM »

I dont really either. Lost everything in Katrina. Moved back to New Jersey, with the clothes on my back

Hornet33 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 08, 2007, 12:45:01 PM »

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Originally posted by Shuffler
Hurricanes spawn lots of tornadoes..... and no one knows where a hurricane will go in till the last minutes before it hits..... they are notorious about changing directions.

Yeah but how many F3,4,5 tornados does a hurricane spawn??? Any tornado from a hurricane is going to be small, short lived, and wont cause that much damage.

As far as a hurricane changing directions, your still looking at a foot print from the storm that covers hundreds of miles, and you still have plenty of warning. The weather services and the Air Force spend days tracking them and plotting the most likely course and the landfall predictions have been fairly accurate for the last couple of decades.

A killer F5 tornado like what hit in Kansas just drops out of the sky with little to no warning.