The link will show how bad the town looked after the storm and it rise to become the first
totally GREEN city in America. I think it is anyway.
CJOnline - Greensburg Tornado
Greensburg students' resilience celebrated
GREENSBURG -- President Bush hailed the resilience of this town and its tiny high school graduating class Sunday, one year after a tornado barreled through with astonishing fury.
Never before had Bush delivered a commencement address at a high school, and his presence was meant to reflect how far Greensburg has come. From nearly total devastation May 4, 2007, this town is recovering, and hope has been rekindled.
At the center of attention is the Class of 2008 — 10 boys and eight girls. They finished their senior year at a makeshift campus of trailers.
Name and vision color tornado town
GREENSBURG -- Atop a grain silo at the edge of this tornado-ravaged town, Dennis McKinney peered out over the pockets of buzzing construction, past the new art gallery and the new convenience store, to the water tower partially repainted -- "EENSBURG," it read.
It is the anchor of a town where McKinney has lived for 24 years, where his children grew up.
"This is what we do, we build back our homes," he said of the post-twister progress. "This is a great community to raise a family, a great community to retire in."