Greensburg, Kansas

[Marc T]

I hope no one from here lives in Greensburg.

Really feel sorry for the folks in that town.

 

[Silverback]

It is a mess.

 

[belgiumbarry]

I hope no one from here lives in Greensburg.

Really feel sorry for the folks in that town.

what happend ? :dontknow:

( sorry Silverback , is this a stupid question ? )

 

[Marc T]

what happend ? :dontknow:

( sorry Silverback , is this a stupid question ? )

Very powerful Tornado! Leveled the town!! 9 Dead and many more injured.

 

[Silverback]

An F5 hit the town.

F5 tornados are the most powerful of the bunch. If I remember right the wind speed on an F5 is 270 to 300+ MPH.

Not something you want to be in.

 

[belgiumbarry]

sorry for the familys. Damned nature.

 

[GILMO'S10]

THAT WAS NASTY.WE ALL NEED TO PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT TOWN.
PRETTY MUCH LEVELED THE WHOLE TOWN!!

 

[Dave T(BADVENM)]

An F5 hit the town.

F5 tornados are the most powerful of the bunch. If I remember right the wind speed on an F5 is 270 to 300+ MPH.

Not something you want to be in.

F5 was the old scale. Theres now an EF rating that came out this year. Its harder to reach EF5 status, but from the pics it looks close. We (us meteorologists) now have tools, pictures, etc to use when assessing the EF rating, things like how the house/structure was built, etc. A well constructed home can take more wind then one weakly built. Lots of stuff to consider when giving a rating, now its much better.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/

 

[azpyroguy]

Here are aerial pics of the damage...

I know this town... when would drive back to Iowa to visit my family, I drive right through this town, its on Hwy 54, and many times I stopped to eat there...

http://www.kansas.com/static/slides/050507tornadoaerials/

It looks like a A-bomb detonated there....

 

[Silverback]

F5 was the old scale. Theres now an EF rating that came out this year. Its harder to reach EF5 status, but from the pics it looks close. We (us meteorologists) now have tools, pictures, etc to use when assessing the EF rating, things like how the house/structure was built, etc. A well constructed home can take more wind then one weakly built. Lots of stuff to consider when giving a rating, now its much better.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/

Thanks for the enlightenment Dave.:rock:

So was I close? Was the old F5 in the 270 range?:dontknow:

 

[azpyroguy]

Thanks for the enlightenment Dave.:rock:

So was I close? Was the old F5 in the 270 range?:dontknow:

Yep.. you were close...

The old F scale, for F5 was 261-318mph, and new new EF scale is 200-234mph, and I recall them saying winds were sustained at 205mph... but I could be wrong...

But the devastation from what I can see is uncomprehensible...

 

[Begood]

WOW, that is unreal damage, That looks worse than Hiroshima.

Bill.

 

[Dave T(BADVENM)]

Heres a better comparison of the 2 scales.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ef-scale.html

 

[Marc T]

Whats really amazing is now it's Bush's falt cause the NG is Low on equipment!!

What else they gonna blame on him?:dontknow:

The price of fuel?

 

[ViperPoweredRam]

i live about 2 hours from there. It was a horrible storm. we have been hit hard for about a week now. i am going to be passing through there on friday.

 

[ntw0rk]

AS some of you may know, my wife (itsmine2) is currently working in Greensburg assisting the victims.

She just sent me these photos of some of the damage. I will get more soon.

Don't mess with mother nature!

 

[Marc T]

Damn!!!!!!!!

Frigin unreal!!

 

[Silverback]

Unbelieveable.