This tornado, rated EF1-EF4 in different parts of Manhattan, Kansas, was the worst we've ever seen. The storm, containing the tornado, entered the area about 11:00 pm on Wednesday night. Shaun, Betsy, and I watched it play out on tv, getting as close as 2 or so miles from our house just north of the city. Scary storm! We've volunteered some time to help, and plan to do more tomorrow. Please see the following website for more information: http://news.themercury.com/2008/06/Tornado/ As far as I know no one or around Manhattan suffered serious injuries, and no one was killed. This is amazing and you'll agree when you see the pictures! Check out the reader pictures as these show some of the most damaged neighborhoods. Chapman, about 45 minutes from Manhattan was about 65-80% wiped out, depending on which report you hear. One person died in Chapman, and one died in Soldier, another small Kansas town. The tornado was on the ground for at least 80 miles before hitting Manhattan.
There are also videos on YouTube and a lot of other pictures out on the web.
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The photos are amazing. It is hard to believe that people lived through some of that damage! We don't have sirens in our area but have signed up recently with the county for emergency phone alerts. The county can phone 60 thousand phones in one minutes time and can prioritize for those in manufactured homes...we checked that box.
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Our K-State emergency text messaging and such didn't even happen. Luckily it was about 10:50 or so by the time it hit campus and there were very few students on campus. My student worker was in the library and they were rushed to the basement about 10 minutes before the tornado hit campus. He said they could hear the "train" and feel the pull of the tornado on the building, even though it was probably a block away.
Also, the text messaging takes up to 45 minutes to reach everyone! Good thing it's summer and most students are gone. The dorms had several hundred students and families for orientation, but they were fine. The tornado barely missed all of the dorms, but was dangerously close to all of them.
I saw all the pictures and oh my goodness! Brady Headstrom's parents live in Chapman now. I sent him a message after it to see if they all okay...He said that they were fortunate enough that they didn't get hit but most of the people that he knows out there lost almost everything.
I'm glad to hear that Brady and his family are ok. Chapman was hit very hard, much like Greensburg last year, it was mostly destroyed (similar an area in west Manhattan).
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