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Map of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys /

Map of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names; Greensburg and Latrobe insets also show real-property tracts and building coverage; Latrobe inset additionally shows landowners' names... More

Hurrah for the Union flag. By Hon. Thomas Williams. [Greensburg, Pa.] Westmoreland Republican print. [186-].

Hurrah for the Union flag. By Hon. Thomas Williams. [Greensburg, Pa.] ...

Poem.; On verso: Gift Edw. McPherson Papers 1908 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Greensburg, Kiowa County, Kansas

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Greensburg, Kiowa County, Kansas

Oct 1899. 1 Sheet(s). Kansas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. ... More

Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Ind.

Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Ind.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Greensburg, Pennsylvania 1901. Historic map, Library of Congress

Greensburg, Pennsylvania 1901. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 783 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Y.M.C.A. Building, Greensburg, Pa.

Y.M.C.A. Building, Greensburg, Pa.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Y.M.C.A. Building, Greensburg, Pa.

Y.M.C.A. Building, Greensburg, Pa.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Atkinson Y.M.C.A. Home, Greensburg, Pa.

Atkinson Y.M.C.A. Home, Greensburg, Pa.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Indiana

Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Indiana

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Indiana

Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Indiana

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Atkinson Y.M.C.A. Home, Greensburg, Pa.

Atkinson Y.M.C.A. Home, Greensburg, Pa.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Y.M.C.A. Building, Greensburg, Pa.

Y.M.C.A. Building, Greensburg, Pa.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Atkinson Y.M.C.A. home, Greensburg, Pa.

Atkinson Y.M.C.A. home, Greensburg, Pa.

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Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Indiana

Nelson Mowrey Y.M.C.A. building, Greensburg, Indiana

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage YMCA postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Odd Fellows Home, Greensburg, Ind.

The Odd Fellows Home, Greensburg, Ind.

H8[...]247 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. F. Bretzman; October 29, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:43052. On front: "'Cirkut' photo, copyright 1906 by C. F. Bretzman, Ind.'p'l's.". No. 1.

Canned by cold pack method, the high school, Greensburg, Indiana

Canned by cold pack method, the high school, Greensburg, Indiana

Photograph shows jars of canned food displayed on a table. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deepest natural gas well in world, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1/16/26

Deepest natural gas well in world, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1/16/26

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Grave of General Arthur St. Clair, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Grave of General Arthur St. Clair, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

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Lone tree on court house tower, Greensburg, Ind. Is unparalleled in the world. The present tree is about 13 years old, but one or more trees have been growing on this tower for over 50 years.

Lone tree on court house tower, Greensburg, Ind. Is unparalleled in th...

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Westmoreland County - South Greensburg - ED 65-203, ED 65-204

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Westmoreland Co...

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Westmoreland County

Belter Motel, Greensburg, Indiana

Belter Motel, Greensburg, Indiana

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Westmoreland County - Southwest Greensburg - ED 65-211

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Westmoreland Co...

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Westmoreland County

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Indiana (IN) - Decatur County - Greensburg - ED 16-17 to 27

1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Indiana (IN) - Decatur County ...

Enumeration District Maps for Decatur County, Indiana

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Indiana - Decatur County - Greensburg - ED 16-14, ED 16-15, ED 16-16, ED 16-17, ED 16-18, ED 16-19

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Indiana - Decatur County - Gre...

Enumeration District Maps for Decatur County, Indiana

Belter Motel, Greensburg, Indiana

Belter Motel, Greensburg, Indiana

Public domain photograph of library building - Picryl description

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Billboard: "Boot Hill, Dodge City, 43 miles." Greensburg, Kansas

Billboard: "Boot Hill, Dodge City, 43 miles." Greensburg, Kansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Billboard: "Burketown U.S.A., Western Village and Cafe," Route 54, Greensburg, Kansas

Billboard: "Burketown U.S.A., Western Village and Cafe," Route 54, Gre...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Pontiac sign, Greensburg, Kansas

Pontiac sign, Greensburg, Kansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Burketown, Greensburg, Kansas. Photogrpah by John Margolies

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

GMC Trucks sign, Greensburg, Kansas

GMC Trucks sign, Greensburg, Kansas

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Greensburg, Pennsylvania Native Retires After 20 Years of Military Service

Greensburg, Pennsylvania Native Retires After 20 Years of Military Ser...

1st Sgt. Anthony J. Todaro of Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), receives an American flag during his retirement ceremony conducted Tuesday, Aug. 31, on Fort Bragg, Nor... More

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, Kansas, April 25, 2008 -- One year after the tornado that devastated Greensburg, Kansas, these trees signal the comeback of the community. FEMA photo/ John Shea.

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, Kansas, April 25,...

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Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 6, 2007 -- Richard Hainje, Administrator of FEMA's Region VII, answers questions from national and local media about the federal response to a devastating tornado. Less than 48 hours before, an EF5 tornado destroyed 95 percent of the county seat of Kiowa County. FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 6, 2007 -- Richard Hainje, Administra...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA's Region VII, Richard Hainje speaks to the press in Kansas Production Date: 05/05/2007 Caption: Greensburg, Kan. , May 6, 2007 -- Richard Hainje, Administ... More

Tornado - Greensburg, KS. May 6, 2007 ? Richard Hainje, Administrator of FEMA's Region VII, talks with the driver of ?Red October,? a mobile operational command vehicle deployed to Greensburg in the aftermath of an EF-5 tornado. There were no buildings standing, so FEMA deployed many emergency operations vehicles to provide office and work space for federal, state and local officials. FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, KS. May 6, 2007 ? Richard Hainje, Administrator ...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA's Richard Hainje talks to a truck driver in Kansas Production Date: 05/06/2007 Caption: Greensburg, KS. May 6, 2007 ? Richard Hainje, Administrator of FEM... More

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison joined in the news conference held today in the heart of the small Kansas town where more than two dozen persons were killed or severely injured when an F5 tornado smashed through their community Friday (5-4-07), leaving 95 percent of the homes and businesses in ruin.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FE...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- This is Greensburg, Kansas, as seen from the air today by FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius -- witnesses to widespread destruction of the small town where more than two dozen persons died or suffered serious injuries in Friday's storm.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Th...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison, center, explains what FEMA can do for the small town of 1,600 that suffered loss to 95 percent of its homes and businesses plus death and critical injuries to more than a score of residents.  Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, left center, senate and congressional representatives, and Greenburg officials also commented.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FE...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 -- President Bush visits with the many volunteers and members of local, state and federal agencies including FEMA who came to help the people of Greensburg affected by the F5 tornado that ravaged the small Kansas town Friday (5-4-07).  The President declared Kiowa County as a major disaster area for tornadoes and flooding.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 -- Pre...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison briefed media on FEMA's role in response and recovery for Greensburg, the small Kansas town torn apart Friday (5-4-07) by an F5 tornado.  Flanking Paulison is Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. Todd Tiarht, and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FE...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison, flanked by Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, right, and Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, head of the Kansas Air National Guard, toured the small town hit by a powerful tornado Friday (5-4-07).  Nearly every home in the community was destroyed or badly damaged, and more than two dozen people died or suffered serious injuries.  The area was declared a major disaster area Saturday (5-5-07) by the president.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FE...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- R. David Paulison, FEMA administrator, and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius confered today at the heart of the small Kansas town that was nearly destroyed Friday (5-4-07) by an F5 tornado a mile and a half wide. Paulison and Sebelius flew over Greensburg in a Kansas National Guard helicopter for a first-hand view of the widespread destruction.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- R....

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison surveys the community of Greensburg from a Kansas Air National Guard helicopter with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (not pictured).  Friday's F5 tornado almost destroyed the entire town of 1,600.  FEMA/ Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- FE...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius joined with FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison (not pictured)for an aerial view of the small Kansas community that was shattered by a powerful tornado Friday (5-4-07).  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Ka...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Crystal Payton, a FEMA public affairs officer, assists the first people to apply for state and federal assistance at the Disaster Assistance Center set up at the courthouse in the Kansas town.  Greensburg suffered massive and widespread damage and death and serious injury to more than two dozen persons when hit by a major tornado Friday.  The area was declared a major disaster area by the president Saturday.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- Cr...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- A large number of residents of Greensburg capitalized on telephone banks, provided by FEMA next to the town's courthouse, and applied for state and federal assistance for losses from Friday's powerful tornado that destroyed most of the town.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-7-07 --- A ...

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Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 7, 2007 -- After meeting with local officials and touring the devastated city, federal and state officials addressed the press. (From the left):  Dick Hainje, Regional Administrator, Angee Morgan, State Coordinating Officer; Steve Hewitt, City Administrator; Administrator Paulison; Representative Todd Tiahrt; Kansas Adjutant General Todd Bunting: Representative Jerry Moran whose district includes Greensburg; Senator Sam Brownback; Governor Kathleen Sebelius.  FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 7, 2007 -- After meeting with local o...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA and local Officials speak at a press conference in Kansas Production Date: 05/07/2007 Caption: Greensburg, Kan. , May 7, 2007 -- After meeting with local ... More

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 8, 2007 --  FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison, left, and President Bush tour Greensburg to see the widespread destruction to the small community.  Greensburg was struck by the EF5 tornado Friday night.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 8, 2007 -...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- President Bush thanking volunteers and members of federal, state and local agencies who came to the small city to help. The President toured Greensburg to see firsthand destruction caused by the F5 tornado Friday (5-4-09).  After a two-hour briefing, Bush was joined by R. David Paulison, FEMA administrator, center, and Richard Hainje, administrator of Region 7.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- Pr...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison thanks a volunteer for the help she is giving to the people of Greensburg.  President Bush declared the small city and surrounding Kiowa County a disaster area the day after the tornado hit.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- FE...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- President Bush toured Greensburg - and then thanked the many people who came to help the small city's people.  FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison, center, and Dick Hainje, right, Region 7 administrator, who are heading FEMA's part in the response, fully briefed the president, who on Saturday (5-5-07) signed the declaration for Kiowa County as a major disaster area.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-9-07 --- Pr...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 11, 2007 --- Greensburg Mayor Lonnie McCollum (center, hat in hand) prays with the people of his community at the first Greensburg Town Hall Meeting on Friday.  The tent was erected so people have a place to meet.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 11, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-11-07 --- FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Mike Karl explaines FEMA's role in the recovery for this small midwest town that was demolished by an EF5 tornado on May 4.  Other officials also outlined the recovery aid which is available to the people of Greensburg and Kiowa County.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-11-07 --- F...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, 5-12-07 --- A destroyed home in Greensburg. The F5 tornado that recently stuck destroyed much of the town leaving the residents needing temporary housing.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, 5-12-07 --- A...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-16-07 --- Larry Sommers, a special assistant for the Federal Coordinating Officer, hands the first set of FEMA travel trailer keys to a family displaced by the F5 tornado. Greensburg is working to recover from the tornado that destroyed the town on May 4, 2007.  Three trailers at Fluff's Campground in Bucklin, 19 miles west of Greensburg, are now occupied. FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-16-07 --- L...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 16, 2007 - The center of town twelve days after it was hit by an F5 tornado with 200 mph winds. Debris removal is moving at a record pace, but reconstruction will likely take years.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 16, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 16, 2007  -  Heavily damaged Greensburg High School will have to be torn down.  An F5 tornado struck the town on May 4. .  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 16, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, 5-16-07 --- Residents search through the pile of debris for items that were once in their home. Residents are cleaning up the small city that was hit by a tornado on May 4, 2007 so they can rebuild.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, 5-16-07 --- R...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-16-2006 -- Track loader and front shovel operators work together to move piles of debris close to the street so it can be moved to the landfill outside of the city.  More than 6,000 truckloads have been moved to date.  The wreckage was left by the F5 tornado that smashed most of the city May 4, 2007.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-16-2006 -- ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-16-07 --- Larry Sommers, right, special assistant to FEMA's federal coordinating officer and Greensburg Mayor Lonnie McCollum, left, also a victim of the tornado, welcome the King family who moved into a FEMA travel trailer today at a Bucklin campground.  The family lost their home as a result of the F5 tornado.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] GREENSBURG, KS, 5-16-07 --- L...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, 5-16-07 --- Greensburg High School was destroyed by the F5 tornado that left some 95 percent of the community in ruin May 4, 2007.  FEMA Photo by Michael Raphael

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, 5-16-07 --- G...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  May 16, 2006 -- FEMA Disaster Assistance Employees Shirley Marlett, Mike Farrell, Donna Johnson, Shelagh Keleyhers, and Bruce Bowman process applications for assistance from residents of Greensburg at a Mobile Disaster Recovery Center.  On May 4 an F5 super-tornado flattened the Kansas town of 1600.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 16, 2006...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 19, 2007 - Americorps members from Manhattan, Kansas remove debris from a business that was destroyed by the F5 tornado that struck Greensburg on May 4.  Volunteers from throughout Kansas and surrounding states are helping with debris removal.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 19, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS  May 19, 2007 - Greensburg resident Jack Carson talks with FEMA Disaster Assistance Employee Bob Harting about his housing needs. The Mullenville shelter where Jack has lived since an F5 tornado damaged his home is scheduled to close in a few days.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS May 19, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS  May 19, 2007 - The townspeople of Mullenville opened this shelter on May 5, the day after an F5 tornado devastated neighboring Greensburg.  FEMA has arranged alternate housing for most of the thirty residents, and the shelter is scheduled to close soon.  FEMA photo by Greg Henshall

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Mullenville, KS May 19, 2007...

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Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 19, 2007 -- The "burn pit" operation for Greensburg Kansas tornado debris. Vegetative and other combustible debris from destruction caused by an EF-5 tornado was burned under close supervision at a temporary landfill.  FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 19, 2007 -- The "burn pit" operation ...

The original database describes this as: Title: The burn pit operation in Kansas Production Date: 05/19/2007 Caption: Greensburg, Kan. , May 19, 2007 -- The "burn pit" operation for Greensburg Kansas tornado... More

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 19, 2007 - An incident command briefing at the FEMA Emergency Operations Center keeps everyone updated on progress and safety issues.  Briefings are held twice daily with representatives of relief organizations and town, county, state, and federal governments.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 19, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 19, 2007 - Twice-daily incident command briefings in the FEMA Emergency Operations Center keep relief organizations and government officials updated on progress. Representatives of sixteen agencies are cooperating in the recovery effort from the May 4 tornado.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 19, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 20, 2007 - Mike Perkins, an employee of neaby Lawrence County, helps direct traffic at the Greensburg dump.  Debris from the May 4 tornado is either burned or buried depending on the material.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 20, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - Dump trucks run non-stop, depositing debris in one of the burning pits at the landfill west of town.  Almost the entire town will have to be razed after the F5 tornado struck on May 4.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - Kansas National Guard General Todd Bunting and FEMA Region VII Director Dick Hainje arrive in Greensburg to tour cleanup progress.  Both men have been on top of this disaster immediately after an F5 tornado devestated the town on May 4.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  May 23, 2007 - FEMA Electronics Technician Gary Gray keeps an eye on the weather with his laptop computer and satellite TV.  All relief workers in Kiowa County monitor daily weather reports, which have threatened severe storms and possible tornadoes for the next few days.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 23, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - A basement is all that's left of a home in the middle of town.  Most of the buildings that were not blown away by the May 4 tornado will have to be torn down.  FEMA is paying seventy-five percent of the removal costs.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - This home wasn't totally destroyed by the tornado but will still need to be torn down.  FEMA is paying 75% of the removal costs.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - Public Works employees take down what was left of a home, nineteen days after an F5 tornado destroyed most of the town.  The debris will removed to the local dump by the end of the day.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  May 23, 2007 - A bulldozer levels the burning debris of the homes and buildings destroyed by on May 4 by the F5 tornado.  Three burning pits have already opened, and more are will be necessary.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS May 23, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  May 27, 2007 -- Patty Self and Amy Guyette look over the kitchen in a FEMA sample mobile home.  Plans are under way to construct a trailer park for Greensburg residents while their homes are rebuilt.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 27, 2007...

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Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 28, 2007 -- Workmen begin construction of units to be used by FEMA staff working in Greensburg. These rectangular metal "living units" provide very compact temporary housing and can be set up in almost environment. FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 28, 2007 -- Workmen begin constructio...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  May 29, 2007  -- Salvation Army Incident Commander John Miller thanks some of the staff and volunteers who worked to move their food and beverage operation from the Kiowa County Courthouse to a nearby location.  Their original site is needed to setup modular recovery offices.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 29, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  May 29, 2007 -- The Salvation Army moving its entire food and beverage facilities to make room for modular offices needed to manage recovery operations.  The move to a nearby site was accomplished by their staff, volunteers, and other relief workers .  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 29, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  May 30, 2007 -- Greensburg resident Carolyn Irvin - FEMA's first local hire - is shown how to log into the FEMA network by Cyndy Bourgeois, her supervisor.  FEMA expects to hire local residents to help in the tornado recovery effort.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, May 30, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  June 4, 2007 -- One month ago Greensburg was demolished by an F5 tornado.  Demolition crews have hauled out enough debris to fill a twelve-story office building the size of a football field. FEMA is paying seventy five percent of the cleanup costs.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, June 4, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  June 4, 2007 - Members of the Kansas/Nebraska Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief prepare the tent-kitchen for morning breakfast.  The Baptists cook for disaster workers and the Salvation Army distributes the meals.  From left-to-right are Everett Thayer, Richard Harvey, on Drummond, and Bill Streeter.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS June 4, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  June 4, 2007 - At the Kiowa County Courthouse, FEMA Disaster Assistance Employees accept  applications for individual assistance from Greensburg residents affected by tornado that struck the town one month ago today.  Applicants can also apply at a Disaster Recovery Office in Haviland, just ten miles east.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS June 4, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  June 6, 2007  -- Chance Little, Greensburg's Fire Chief, has to hold on to the flags at his temporary fire station due today's high winds, which at times approached 50 mph.  On May 4 a tornado damaged most of the trees leaving the landscape open.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, June 6, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  June 7, 2007  -  Benjamin Alexander, a FEMA long term community recovery planning process facilitator, addresses an estimated 800 Greensburg residents about their options for rebuilding after the May 4 tornado.  Lions Clubs from across Kansas organized the meeting, which included representatives from all levels of government and business.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS June 7, 2007 ...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  June 7, 2007  -- Greensburg resident Debra Wilder receives a mitigation information packet from FEMA Disaster Assistance Employee George Freiedrich at a town meeting in Davis Park.  Lions Clubs from across Kansas sponsored the meeting and fed the estimated 800 attendees.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, June 7, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  June 9, 2007 -- New local hires are shown by Disaster Assistance Employees (DAE's) Donna Johnson (third from left) and Jeri Zen(fifth from left) some of the FEMA processes they will have to learn.  The new employees are: (l to r):  Julie Hillshafer, Jamie Maledon, Karen Sherman, Cindy McMurry, Toryn Stottenberg, and Dodie Kipp.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, June 9, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  June 11, 2007 -  Work on the group site in south Greensburg is progressing rapidly.  Plans are for as many as 350 units.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS June 11, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  June 24, 2007 -  Physician Assistant Nancy Kisner describes working conditions at Greensburg's tent hospital with Kansas pilot Charles Reagan, FEMA's Region VII Director Dick Hainje, and Kansas Congressman Jerry Moran.  Greensburg's brick hospital was destroyed along with most of the town by a tornado on May 4.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, June 24, 200...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  June 24, 2007 -- Kansas Adjutant General Tod Bunting and FEMA District VII Director Dick Hainje greet Greensburg Mayor John Janssen at a Sunday luncheon provided by the Methodist Church.  Three Congressional House members met with state and local officials to discuss the recovery status of this tornado-damaged town.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, June 24, 200...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS  June 24, 2007 - FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Mike Karl welcomes Kansas Congresswoman Nancy Boyda to Greensburg.  Congresswoman Boyda was part of a congressional delegation that came to Greensburg to see the detestation and subsequent rebuilding from the tornado that destroyed most of the town on May 4.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS June 24, 2007...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS,  June 25, 2007 - Workers install an ADA ramp on one of the new mobile homes in south Greensburg.  In spite of recent rains which have hampered construction, the 341-unit, 75 acres group site is expected to begin accepting residents next week.  Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, June 25, 200...

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Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , July 11, 2007 -- Interior view of a COGIM unit. These metal "box" temporary housing units were brought in for FEMA staff working in Greensburg following the devastating EF-5 tornado.  FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , July 11, 2007 -- Interior view of a COGIM...

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Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , July 11, 2007 -- A row of units fill a corner of a block in devastated Greensburg. These temporary housing units were used by FEMA staff working full time in Greensburg.  FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , July 11, 2007 -- A row of units fill a co...

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[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, July 12, 2007 -- Greensburg resident Margaret Bradley pulls her suite case up a FEMA contracted concrete sidewalk as she moves into her new FEMA temporary housing. FEMA has provided concrete sidewalks for housing where people with disabilities are located to help residents function easier.  The town is recovering from a tornado which struck May 6, 2007 destroying most of the town. FEMA/Leif Skoogfors

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Greensburg, KS, July 12, 2007...

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