TWISTER!!!!!!

[DudeAsInCool]

[rainbowdemon]

Nice!!

Must have taken nerves of steel to stay there and film it though!!

[DudeAsInCool]

Tornado moves through central Kansas

GREENSBURG, Kansas, May 5, 2007 – A strong storm system moved through central Kansas last night spinning off several tornados and causing extensive damage in Macksville, Trousdale, St. John and Claflin.

Reports on the ground indicate that 50 percent of Greensburg has suffered extensive damage with the downtown area "wiped out," according to witnesses. A storm spotter sent KSN a lightning-backlit photo of the tornado.

We talked with one eyewitness on the phone who was in Greensburg just after the storm.

"We had to take a back road to get into town," she said. "It's gone. There's nothing left."

Early Saturday morning it was announced that the entire town of Greensburg was to be evacuated. Authorities report they are going door-to-door searching for survivors. So far, there have been seven fatalities reported and more than 60 injuries with casualties being transported to hospitals as far away as Wichita.

After Greensburg, the storm continued through Macksville in Stafford County, and then continued to St. John where reports came in of 80 mph winds and damage.

The storm later moved into Barton and Rice counties causing some minor damage between Ellinwood and Great Bend before moving into Claflin. Reports there indicate the city has sustained damage with missing roofs along with downed power lines and trees.

FATALITIES/INJURIES

*Nine people confirmed dead.

Fifty people have been taken to hospitals in Pratt and Dodge:

-16 critical

-17 stable

-17 unstable

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[KiwiCoromandel]

wicked one...

[DudeAsInCool]

Eleven-year-old Tyler McIntosh found a new friend while collecting things in his home, in Greensburg, Kan., Sunday, May 6, 2007. Rescue workers dug through piles of rubble Sunday searching for anyone who might have been trapped by Friday's tornado that obliterated this south-central Kansas town, while officials began talking about rebuilding. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Fernando Salazar)

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[DudeAsInCool]

Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War

CHICAGO, May 8 — For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist’s threat, because of large deployments of their soldiers and equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Then, last Friday night, a deadly tornado all but cleared the small town of Greensburg off the Kansas map. With 80 square blocks of the small farming town destroyed, Ms. Sebelius said her fears had come true: The emergency response was too slow, she said, and there was only one reason.

Read more at the NYTimes

[slum_goddess]

while officials began talking about rebuilding.

they've been 'talking' about rebuilding New Orleans for years --- i ain't seen no action yet. fucking fuckers.

[DudeAsInCool]

and you can guess why the national guard wasnt prepared--because many of them have been deployed to iraq