(Ouch!)

Thanks, Maywa, this report is good news -- or at least the first step toward good news.

In August, we happened to pass through Greensburg, on our way from Taos, NM, to Springfield, MO.  We were horrified by what we saw there.  The appearance of the trees, as the tornado mangled them, was even more eery than the shattered buildings.  There were temporary medical centers in tents still operating, so I am not surprised by the detail in this report that school is being conducted in trailers.

From what I gathered that evening at the motel outside Wichita where we stayed, the embittered, toughened people of Kansas as a whole do not gush with sympathy for the people of Greensburg.  It seemed the common opinion that the town is moribund, and all the sensible survivors would move away and relocate.

In fact, as I see it, there is no good reason for utter despair.  Greensburg is not a tiny town lost out on some forsaken stretch of the Plains.  It is on a highway stretching west from Wichita, the state's largest city, on the way to Dodge City, WNW of it, or else, going WSW, on the way to the OK and TX panhandles, and NE NM.  Much of that is pretty bleak country; but there are windfarms there now, and it is not too late to rethink what would make it worth living in or worth visiting.

Chickens are our cousins! So are fish! So are other sentient animals! Let us learn to be kind.