Another of my images from the town of Greensburg, Kansas. Since a few of you mentioned that the previous image was sad, I wanted to show the hope that exists in this town. The grain towers in the background were one of the few structures left standing, and they were featured prominently in many of the media images.
Greensburg is a few hours west of us, and since I remember when this tornado hit in '07, I had been wanting to drive to Greensburg to see how it looks almost 2 years later. I finally drove there a few months ago, and I did a blog post on my City Gal Moves to Oz Land blog; click
here to read that post and see the photos.
This tornado struck around 9:30 p.m., so there are few photos of the actual tornado. There are plenty of websites, however, that show the destruction and damage the next day, and even the next week. Here's a few:
Greensburg: Damage After the TornadoGreensburg: Aerial Views After the TornadoGreensburg: A Few Actual Tornado Photos
They are rebuilding the town now, and they are rebuilding it better, as much of it will be "green". Click
here to find out more about the "new" Greensburg.
When I see how total the destruction, even to the houses with basements, I realize that should a tornado hit our house, we probably will NOT survive. We have no basement. There is a central closet I would beat a fast track to, with my dogs in tow. That is, AFTER I get some photos of the approaching tornado!
(Would you expect anything less from a photographer??) But if the house sustains a direct hit from an F3 or higher tornado, my/our chances of surviving would be slim to none. Soooooo, let's just pray a tornado never makes a direct hit on our lil house!
Stormy Kansas skies today, 8:00 a.m. CST
First photo (top, above) is right before the flash lightning,
It's getting darker (after 8:00 p.m.), the clouds are getting
There was another lightning flash that lit up the landscape,
Upon feeding the horses this evening, I discovered a few Canada geese on our pond. Usually, they fly away as I get closer, but this pair let me get pretty durned close! There were also a few mallard ducks, but they did fly away immediately when they sensed my presence.
Such a beautiful day today! Ringo and I walked around the pond... before the sun came up this morning, and again this afternoon. I wish you could hear the sounds all around me.... so many different kinds of birds chirping, and the frogs' chorus the last few days has been just beautiful! We have CRP grass across the road, and it seems to be filled with the sound of frogs since last week. Get the skinny on CRP grasslands here.
Here's Ringo doing what he loves ... just being a lab!
Some days, it's hard to post only ONE photo! :-)
Another of my images from the town of Greensburg, Kansas. Since a few of you mentioned that the previous image was sad, I wanted to show the hope that exists in this town. The grain towers in the background were one of the few structures left standing, and they were featured prominently in many of the media images.
Abandoned old Ford truck - Greensburg, Kansas
Ok, here's one from the archives. During one of my visits with my sister in San Fran, we hiked Mt. Tamalpais. This is a view from the top -- enlarge the photo to see teeny tiny San Francisco, way off in the distance!
Here's the mountaintop view of Stinson Beach, our destination. 
Sis taking in the view and breathing the fresh mountain air
This photo happens to be the real thing, not a model!
My favorite outhouse.... um, actually, the only one I'm aware of around these parts.
A youngster...
yardsticks...
yellow flowers at the side of the road...
yellow sunflowers nodding cheerfully in a Kansas field...
and a yellow meadowlark!
