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Photos of Greensburg
In: Personal
23 Oct 200810246
I’m quite glad I took as many photos as I did of Greensburg after the tornado. They’re slowly filtering off of the internet and into television shows, books and other media.
Purdue Alumni Connections (photo of upside down pickup is mine, despite being incorrectly attributed to the author)
Gallery
Weather Channel production (When Weather Changed History (“Green Town”)
Many [...]
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Greensburg in the news
In: Personal
6 Jul 2008Well, after we helped out the family in Greensburg, we’ve obviously been following the news about the rebuilding very closely. What’s amazing is the number of news coverage items and shows on Greensburg’s rebuilding as a reinvented “green” town:
Blown Away on the Discovery Channel
Greensburg, a series on the Green Planet channel (Leo DiCaprio) [initial episode [...]
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Greensburg showcased on NPR
In: Personal
27 Dec 2007Story on All Things Considered on Greensburg rebuilding Green (fitting). It’s become quite a convergence of the channels. The Discovery Channel is doing a show on the rebuilding of a Greener Greensburg. The Learning Channel is following around a chosen family as they rebuild their house. My in-laws (the Mayor and his wife) have applied [...]
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Greensburg story
In: Personal
20 May 2007This is my recount, I’ll be adding pictures and more text in the days and weeks to come.
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Greensburg Before & After
In: Personal
19 May 2007Here’s some photos I took before and after the tornado:
Twilight Theatre (Main Street)
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Greensburg Kansas Tornado
In: Personal
5 May 2007Please check the Gallery for up-to-date photos from Greensburg. I’m currently doing search-and-rescue with canine units in Greensburg, KS. My wife’s family is from Greensburg, and they’re all OK.
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Update: 5/07/07 – Back in Colorado, Wife staying a week to cleanup. More pictures posted today.
Here’s some aerial views. Taken by a local paper.
Update: 5/08/07 – W’s [...]
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