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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Here is the article on how monstrous the Greensburg tornado really was.
Greensburg study finds that storm contained 22 tornadoes
By STAN FINGER
The Wichita Eagle
The first in-depth study of the Greensburg, Kan., tornado has uncovered new
details about one of the strongest and most dramatic tornado outbreaks ever
recorded.
“There are a lot of things in that storm that made me go, ‘Wow,’” said Les Lemon,
a co-author of the study and research associate meteorologist with the Cooperative
Institute in Mesoscale Meteorological Studies at the University of Oklahoma. (more…)
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Back on the Map!
Ron Shank and Levi Garrett described how scared they were with the weather
that had the tornado whistle blowing. Everyone hit the bunkers and waited
for the storm to pass. Ron’s GM Dealership had some hail damage. The new
church suffered some water damage.
City Council meet to get BNIM’s Master plan approved and the presentation is made.
Council approves the plan with a 5-0 vote. (more…)
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
As promised, for those of you who do not get the Planet Green channel:
Two episodes were shown:
The first – “The Tornado”
On May 4, 2007 the town was hit by an F5 tornado, 10 people were killed in this town
of 1500. The entire infrastructure was annihilated and most of the residents left
homeless. A town that before the tornado, faced the very real possibility of
disappearing into the pages of history, as have many small agricultural based towns
in America. So why build a town back exactly the way it was if it’s future outlook is
dismal. The community decides to make it’s mark by rebuilding as energy efficient and
as green as possible. This was to be a daunting task especially monetarily as many
of the residents were under-insured if insured at all. (more…)
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Last month I told you about a new channel coming to cable June 1st called Planet
Green.
Well, it is here and it is good. I caught a show on there called Wasted. But, I will
tell you about that tomorrow. In the meantime, listen to this.
A town called Greensburg, Kansas was literally wiped off the map by a tornado last
year. Apparently, these people have dedicated themselves to rebuilding their town -
TOTALLY GREEN. (more…)
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