Tornado Alley: “Another Long Night”
Yet another series of tornadoes has ripped through Kansas with still more on the way. Weathermen are predicting another long night. The number of tornadoes reported so far are "well into the double digits."
The National Weather Service said it had received reports "well into the double digits" of twisters touching down in six counties.
Among them were a series of half-mile wide "wedge" tornadoes — similar to the one that devastated Greensburg on Friday night, meteorologist Mike Umscheid said.
"We're going to expect quite a lot of damage," he said.
Earlier, emergency crews called off the search in Greensburg for victims as the weather deteriorated again.
Umscheid said the slow-moving storm system would likely to spawn severe weather early into Sunday morning.
"It looks like it's going to be another long night," he said.
Rescuers had spent the day hurrying through the wreckage from Friday night's giant tornado, which left little standing beyond the local pub.
Friday's weather was blamed for nine deaths in the region, a figure authorities feared could rise even before the latest twisters.
City Administrator Steve Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
Our local television stations are on the air with live warnings almost continuously. Whenever they go back to regular programming, it is only a short time until they break in again. This is a really bad one and there will be a lot of damage through the Heartland by morning.
Observations | Gaius Saturday, 5 May , 2007
By Lars Walker, Saturday, 5 May , 2007 @ 10:07 pm
God keep you safe.
By Sylvia, Sunday, 6 May , 2007 @ 8:41 am
You and yours are in our prayers.
By Quilly Mammoth, Sunday, 6 May , 2007 @ 9:04 am
And we just got another Tornado watch. This one stretches from Chanute all the way to Wichita Falls.
Mrs.QM, a Canadian and former Lutheran church worker and not used to the plains states’ Spring Festivities, is piling on the prayers. However, after the last several days I feel certain that the next Big Project at Mammoth Mansion will be the construction of a scaredey hole.
That guess is based by comments to the effect: “we may be Saved by Faith Alone but down here safety needs concrete”.
By feeblemind, Sunday, 6 May , 2007 @ 8:27 pm
You can bet your bottom dollar on one thing. People of Greensburg will rebuild with or without Government help. They won’t be whining about the federal response like those in New Orleans. They will just pick themselves up off the ground, clean up and rebuild, and get on with life.