Not sure if anyone has seen these or not but here is a link with pics from the Greensburg John Deere dealership right after the tornado.
JD dealership in Greensburg
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kennyd
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WOW, That's incredible!
Cliff_Johns
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What a sad thing.
Thanks for posting the links. It's just amazing.
Cliff
Thanks for posting the links. It's just amazing.
Cliff
texasjohn
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I see this and the continuing carnage from Katrina and Rita, think of the Billions and Billions spent in Iraq and wonder... why not address the destruction and misery at home?? It makes me unspeakably sad. 
JerryG
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As Paul Harvey says, "Now for the rest of the story". I don't remember if I heard this on the radio or on Fox News. The JD dealer in Greensburg owns two other dealerships. He said that he would continue to pay all of his employees from the Greensburg dealership even if he couldn't use them at the other two dealerships. I tried to find this on the net, but haven't been able to. Has anyone else heard anything about this? If you find it please post it here. I am sure that the employees are happy to have been working for such an employer during such a tragedy.
RedRocker
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texasjohn said:I see this and the continuing carnage from Katrina and Rita, think of the Billions and Billions spent in Iraq and wonder... why not address the destruction and misery at home?? It makes me unspeakably sad.
I believe the destruction at home is being addressed. Long term dependence on the feds to take care of any problem is a mistake though. As far as misery is concerned we shouldn't depend on the feds for help there either. So when it comes to spending my tax dollars I'd rather it go to our military, I have insurance for the mother nature stuff.
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Afternoon Whynot,
Boy that is sad for sure ! Unbelievable what a tornado can do to wreck havoc, even when dealing with big heavy machinery !
Boy that is sad for sure ! Unbelievable what a tornado can do to wreck havoc, even when dealing with big heavy machinery !
Nissan197
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I just got back from an eight day deployment to Greensburg. To see it with your own eyes and experience the smells and destruction was unbelievable. I saw pictures before I went down, but to see it in person I saw how much worse it really was. The town is 90% gone. I work in law enforcement and agencies from around the state of Kansas have sent officers to assist with the security aspect of the cleanup. All roads going into the town are closed at 2000 hours and reopen at 0700 hours. If owners of houses can be self-sufficient on their own for 11 hours then they are allowed to stay on their property, but they are not allowed to leave their property and drive around the town. If an emergency happens where they need to then they are escorted by law enforcement on where they need to go. The county, Kiowa, only has a population of less than 5,000 so the Sheriff's Department only has a total of five officers including the Sheriff and they are responsible for law enforcement duties in Greensburg and 3 other towns. They were way out of their league on what they needed to do. They realized that and made the right decision on bringing in larger agencies to run the show. The great thing is everyone works as a team and gets the job done. It does not matter if you are from an agency with 500 officers or one with 2.
For the week I was down there so much progress was made. Numerous houses, and whole blocks were bulldozed and truckloads of debris were taken out of the town. Over 1,000 loads of debris were leaving the town on a daily basis.
I also saw the dealership and could not beleive it. This dealer had a large inventory of combines. Every single one I saw was badly damaged. All windows were shattered, fiberglass was ripped and had large holes in it from where debris hit it. The yellow paint on the wheels had been sandblasted by the gravel on the lot and the wheels were black. Combines were overturned and I even saw one that was picked up and landed in a pond approximately 30 yards away. Large tires from the business were located 1/2 mile away on the shore of the local lake.
I feel for everyone who had to go through that tornado and the ones who lost everything.
For the week I was down there so much progress was made. Numerous houses, and whole blocks were bulldozed and truckloads of debris were taken out of the town. Over 1,000 loads of debris were leaving the town on a daily basis.
I also saw the dealership and could not beleive it. This dealer had a large inventory of combines. Every single one I saw was badly damaged. All windows were shattered, fiberglass was ripped and had large holes in it from where debris hit it. The yellow paint on the wheels had been sandblasted by the gravel on the lot and the wheels were black. Combines were overturned and I even saw one that was picked up and landed in a pond approximately 30 yards away. Large tires from the business were located 1/2 mile away on the shore of the local lake.
I feel for everyone who had to go through that tornado and the ones who lost everything.
texasjohn
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Thanks for the update.... very sobering isn't it... there but for the grace of God...
