Tornado in Kansas

[Quinbo]

WELL GOD-BLESS THOSE PEOPLE OF KANSAS,MOST LOST EVERYTHING THEY HAD,THING'S THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY.

[JinxJr]

It's pretty amazing that, considering the devastation, so few fatalities. Kansas/Kansans will get Greenburg back on the map in good shape.

[jetdawgg]

4 Soldiers, Reserve Cop Arrested on Suspicion of Looting From Store in Tornado-Ravaged Town


Four soldiers and a reserve police officer were arrested Sunday on suspicion of looting cigarettes and alcohol from a store in this tornado-ravaged town, state officials said.

The soldiers from Fort Riley Army base and reserve police officer had come to assist on their own and were not part of any official detachment, said Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the state's adjutant general.

"These were people who weren't supposed to be there," Bunting said.
Sharon Watson, a spokeswoman for the adjutant general's office, said the five were arrested at a Dillon's supermarket and were being held at the Pratt County Jail without bond. They have not yet been charged.

Watson said there were in uniform so police allowed them to come and go freely despite a town curfew. Watson said the officer was from a central Kansas community, but she was not sure which town.

In a separate incident, two people wearing Red Cross jackets who were not members of the relief agency were arrested Sunday on suspicion of looting, Watson said, although she did not have any additional details.

Pratt County sheriff's office did not immediately return a message seeking comment, nor did officials at Fort Riley.

Greensburg, a south-central Kansas town of about 1,500 people, was destroyed by a tornado that killed eight people in the town and injured scores of others.


Associated Press Write Roxana Hegeman in Greensburg, Kan., contributed to this report.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3145909

[hrscowboy]

yelp no santa clause and christmas for those folks wont be rebuilt by then..

[Mr Snuggle Bunn]

yelp no santa clause and christmas for those folks wont be rebuilt by then..

Marines got connections...

[JinxJr]

yelp no santa clause and christmas for those folks wont be rebuilt by then..

Oh, it'll take time. I have a TFT account that might just have a little something extra by then. There are some Toys for Tots Coordinators (in Kansas) that have leftovers. That won't help homes reappear but anything that helps is a good thing.

[hrscowboy]

Ah hello You sir will be down at the border teachin them new boots about Marine barracks and fenceline guard detail..

[OLE SARG]

ANYONE caught LOOTING in Greensburg should be HUNG from the nearest large tree!!!!!! Talk about scum of the Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEMPER FI,

[Ed Palmer]

ANYONE caught LOOTING in Greensburg should be HUNG from the nearest large tree!!!!!! Talk about scum of the Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEMPER FI,

Ed
Look at the picture again there aint no friggin trees
so just shoot the SOB,s

[OLE SARG]

Good idea Ed!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEMPER FI,

[HOLM]

I have the end of next week free.. Does anyone know who to contact to be able to go lend a hand in Greensburg.

[yellowwing]

I have the end of next week free.. Does anyone know who to contact to be able to go lend a hand in Greensburg.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. --
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Kansas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster have compiled a list of organizations that are accepting donations on behalf of the Greensburg tornado victims.

The most effective way people can assist in the tornado relief efforts is through monetary donations to the humanitarian organizations providing disaster relief services in the affected area. Anyone wishing to help may contact one of the following organizations directly.

City of Greensburg Authorized Monetary Funds

Greensburg Rebuilding Fund
Greensburg State Bank, 620-723-2131

Big Well Rebuilding Fund
City of Greensburg
239 S. Main St.
Greensburg, KS 67054

South Central Community Foundation/ Friends of Education Send to: Friends of Education (must be marked Friends of Education to go to schools)
South Central Community Foundation
Peoples Bank
P.O. Box 8624
Pratt, KS 67124

Monetary Donations

South Central Community Foundation (local foundation raising money for rebuilding)
Phone: 620-672-7929
Mail to: Greensburg Future Fund
South Central Community Foundation
PO Box 8624
Pratt, KS 67124


Red Cross Phone:1-800-RED-CROS (733-2767)
Mail to: Red Cross Midway-Kansas Chapter
PO Box 3726, Wichita, KS 67201
Specify check for: Kansas tornadoes
Online:www.redcross.org

Salvation Army Phone:1-800-SAL ARMY (725-2769)
Mail to: 3637 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
Make check out to: Salvation Army
Online:www.armykettle.org


United Way Mail to: Green for Greensburg Fund
United Way of the Plains
245 N Water
Wichita, KS 67202
Make check out to: Green for Greensburg Fund
Online: http://www.unitedwayplains.org/disas...urgtornado.htm


Catholic Charities Phone: (800) 919-9338
Mail to: Catholic Social Service
906 Central Avenue, Dodge City, KS 67801
Specify check for: Tornadoes
Online: www.catholiccharitiesusa.org


United Methodist Kansas Area Disaster Fund Mail to: Kansas West Conference
9440 E. Boston St, Suite 110
Wichita, KS 66207
Make check out to: Kansas West Conference, Write “Area Disaster Fund” on memo
line Online:www.kswestumc.org


Mennonite Disaster Service Mail to: MDS Binational Office
1018 Main St
Akron, PA 17501
Make check out to: Mennonite Disaster Service
Online:www.mds.mennonite.net


Christian Reformed World Relief Committee Phone:1-800-55-CRWRC (552-7972)
Mail to: CRWRC
2850 Kalamazoo Ave
SE Grand Rapids, MI 49560
Make check out to: CRWRC, Write “Spring Storms 2007” on memo line
Online:www.crwrc.org

Item Donations

Kansas Food Bank Phone:316-265-FOOD (3663)
1919 E Douglas, Wichita
Default location for all donations (not just food). The Food Bank will sort donations and deliver them to all distribution centers near Greensburg.


Items currently needed: Gallon size cans of food, snack foods, rakes, shovels, tarps, work gloves, sunscreen


Goodwill Industries Donations of clothing and household items can be brought to your nearest Goodwill store.

Volunteers
Persons unaffiliated with any organization that want to volunteer should call the United Way 211 system at 1-888-413-4327.

[HOLM]

Outstanding... Thanks..

The trouble we ran into with helping folks that were affected by the Wyandotte country twister was the Government though..

In efforts to stop looters they made no effort to make sure that those that wanted to help actually could.. It was a mess.. One big government group trying to show off to all the other agencies, and nothing really got done at the rate which was possible.

I am looking for a grassroots type effort to bypass these types of folks..

[rsta]

Holm, you might contact Larry Melson in Pratt, I believe he is in the Patriot Guard, and quite possibly could help steer you in the right direction.