Comments on: Follow Up on the Farm Job.

By: Ellis Kansas

Ellis Kansas — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:15:01 +0000

Ellis Kansas is the best if you want to see a tornado go there every year there is either a tornado there or very close but we never have got hit by one yet luckly! GO ELLIS FOOTBALL!!!

By: Corky

Corky — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:38:41 +0000

GL…..We were huddled in our basement with the kids from across the street (they have no basement)when the storm you mentioned traveled all over this area. First it was in Ellis County (out by Kanopolis Lake); hopped N.E. to the southern part of Salina; skipped over to Gypsum and Carlton; and, turned north to Solomon then east over Abilene; dropped down into Chapman and traveled on the ground east on I-70 past Junction City (nine miles); and, turned north again and headed through N.E. Manhattan after hitting the K-State campus causing millions of dollars worth of damage. The only good thing about it was that with all these storms skipping around over the middle section of the state, there were only two deaths! We can thank the tornado warning system for this. I can remember in the not too distant past when many people would have died because they would not have known a storm was coming and houses were not built with basements and safe rooms. These storms are moving so swiftly that people would barely have time to get across the street or from upstairs to the basement….we can really give thanks to the TV and radio weathermen for being on their toes to give warning when it is necessary. I am glad that people finally have sense enough to make use of these safe places because when we were younger, we would have slept right on through most of them.
Enough soap boxing about weather….Hope you have a happy father’s day (Joe’s getting a weather radio if they ever get some more at our local Alco Store).
We used to have a small farm over by Bennington and feel really sorry for Craig’s losses. The crops, buildings and equipment can be replaced and it sounds like he won’t have any trouble getting help hired so I guess that some of his clouds will have a silver lining.
Corky

By: wwds

wwds — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:06:43 +0000

Conrad and Mike…thanks for stopping by and making a comment. My hometown as you both know, was just missed by a tornado two days ago, by THIS much. Chapman, our county rival, wasn’t. Tough times, indeed.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:01:33 +0000

I can’t wait to hear how this comes out—
I have even thought about applying for this job myself—
Craig is a true American hero—not simply for working hard (although I challenge you to find someone who works harder), but for investing in his corner of the USA

oh by the way—even with all the bad news this story carries w/it—I still think the key to this story is the Great American resolve, and how all of us are stock holders.
GL–your blog has been kind of an American stockholders meeting.
Just look at the scope of this story…

By: Conrad

Conrad — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:38:32 +0000

This has really been a brutal weather year for the nation’s midsection. My daughter’s choir teacher has the family farm back in Iowa and needs to go back next week because a tornado took out the barn, took the roof off the house, took the family dog – and took 800 head of cattle that they have found no trace of! Floods in other areas.

It can really be rough. Add hard economic times to the mix and I’m afraid you’ll be involved with more stories like this before it passes.