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Originally posted by kcchief19
The tornado sterlingice referred to did indeed hit western Lawrence and took out some apartment buildings and duplexes where some students live. Hopefully he will be able to check in and let us know he is OK. Power just came back in some parts of Lawrence and the phone system is jacked, so if he is on dial-up he might not be able to get in.
The Lawrence tornado wasn't as bad as the one that hit KC Sunday. My county is currently estimating damages at more than $90 million, with the William Jewell College campus checking it at maybe $30 million or more alone.
I used to work at The Disney Store in college and two of the people who work there suffered serious damage to their homes. A friend who still works there told my girlfriend that the company's home base called to check on everyone and got the names of the two people who suffered damage. The next day, the company had each of them delivered a check for $5,000 to help cover damages. Parts of the Magic Kingdom may be evil, but that's pretty classy.
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Nah, I was fine. I went and grabbed something to eat about 15 minutes before it was expected to hit. I figured I was as safe in an empty restaurant which I knew the layout of as I was in the third story of my apartment. We (myself and girlfriend) were one of only two groups at the restaurant and all the cooks and wait staff were watching weather updates on the tv. Thankfully they just grazed town, hitting the far south part of town and the far west part of town. A couple of expensive homes were hit and an apartment building or two but I'm pretty sure no one was seriously injured and no one died.
SI