Kansas Tornado

Katie's parents called at 1:30 CT last night about the tornadoes. To get a sense of the devastation, here's a few links to stories about Greensburg (pictured above), about 20 miles southwest from the Roenbaughs.

• Wichita Eagle
  
• KAKE Article and Videos
• KSN Article and Videos
• KUSA Article and Videos
  
• ABC 33/40 Weather Blog
  

At times as wide as 1.5 miles in diameter, the Greensburg tornado headed north/north east and came as close as 1.5 miles west of Grandma Joy's house. A second tornado followed a parallel path four miles east of the Roenbaugh's house, which is 2.5 miles straight east from Grandma Joy's. In other words, the Roenbaugh's house was right between two tornadoes that passed four miles east and four miles west of them with 100 m.p.h. winds.

All family is safe and accounted for, but many friends and members of the community sustained significant damage from the storm. One neighbor, of the Giles family, was killed. Aunt Barb was on call at the Pratt Medical Center when they started bringing people in. Our thoughts and prayers are with them all, and with northern neighbors that are due for another round.