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Holy crap. That's all that can really be said. Sure, there's the whole kansas-tornadoes-Oz thing, but unlike the movies these things will blow you butt to kingdom come. Most tornadoes have really bad aim and drop over empty fields, and most of the ones that have better aim and hit a town usually go straight for the trailer parks (there just has to be a scientific reason for this). Personally, I've never been close to one. Haven't even ever seen one live with my own 2 eyes, or heard one (they say they sound like a train passing by), though I've spent my share of times when I was little cowering in the basement.
There's this little town of 1500 people in western Kansas called Greensburg (it's one of those towns I'd never heard of and I've lived here my whole life). Friday night, an F5 tornado (there's a scale to measure tornados, F5 is the biggest and baddest) struck the town. It was half a mile wide and stayed on the ground for 5 hours. The only thing in the town left standing with no damage was the grain elevator. We're talking total destruction. Then last night, another (smaller) tornado went through. 95% of the town has been devastated. Thankfully, only 9 have been found dead so far (but hundreds injured) but it's going to take a long time to pick through the remains of the town and find them all.
Here's an overview of what's left:
Wow. Just...wow.
"There's a certain spirit in the Midwest of our country, a pioneer spirit that still exists, and I'm confident this community will be rebuilt," Bush said.
I'm not really pro or anti Bush, but:
for W.
Holy crap. That's all that can really be said. Sure, there's the whole kansas-tornadoes-Oz thing, but unlike the movies these things will blow you butt to kingdom come. Most tornadoes have really bad aim and drop over empty fields, and most of the ones that have better aim and hit a town usually go straight for the trailer parks (there just has to be a scientific reason for this). Personally, I've never been close to one. Haven't even ever seen one live with my own 2 eyes, or heard one (they say they sound like a train passing by), though I've spent my share of times when I was little cowering in the basement.
There's this little town of 1500 people in western Kansas called Greensburg (it's one of those towns I'd never heard of and I've lived here my whole life). Friday night, an F5 tornado (there's a scale to measure tornados, F5 is the biggest and baddest) struck the town. It was half a mile wide and stayed on the ground for 5 hours. The only thing in the town left standing with no damage was the grain elevator. We're talking total destruction. Then last night, another (smaller) tornado went through. 95% of the town has been devastated. Thankfully, only 9 have been found dead so far (but hundreds injured) but it's going to take a long time to pick through the remains of the town and find them all.
Here's an overview of what's left:
Wow. Just...wow.
"There's a certain spirit in the Midwest of our country, a pioneer spirit that still exists, and I'm confident this community will be rebuilt," Bush said.
I'm not really pro or anti Bush, but:
for W.
I AM the evil bastard!
Wow. The proverbial picture worth a thousand words.
looters! 
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