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Re: Kansans et al in tornado ally? We hope youse are all okay!

Thank you very much Mr. Timbo but you've got to keep in mind that Kansas is a very good sized state. I live near Kansas City and Greensburg is about 300 miles away from here. Even at Sunflower State driving speed, that's almost five hours drive. What's left of Greensburg is still another hour's drive or so to the Oklahoma border.
Greensburg is devestated. The town of approximately 1600 residents has been almost leveled with more than 95% of the buildings destroyed. That includes the fire station, high school, churches and private residences. The county hospital was severely damaged and all the local injured had to be taken to area hospitals as far away as 100 miles. Before Friday's tornado, Greensburg's main claim to fame was that it was home to the world's deepest hand dug well.
Fortunately, there was at least 20 minutes of tornadoe warning sirens before the calamity actually struck. No one was really ready for wind speeds of about 200 MPH.
While many people wouldn't live out here because of tornadoes, I've got to say that I've never seen one in 35 years or so. There have been tornadoes that struck within 15 miles of my house during that time. I try to keep it all in perspective; as bad as a tornado might be, they're usually within a small patch of real estate. Compare them to a hurricane like Katrina where everyone in their path is going to be hit hard.
Even though Kansas is a state with concealed handgun laws, I think it would've been hard to draw a good bead on a 3/4-1 1/4 mile wide funnel cloud with debris being thrown at 200 MPH. The long range weather forecast calls for thunderstorms and possible severe weather for the next five days; I might get my chance to take out my rifle yet.


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