Greensburg tornado survivor

[Andrea Griffa]

Hi people
I wanna share with you a video I made last year after the disaster that hit the city of Greensburg on May 4 2007.
The man who speaks is a friend that helped me and my friends to enter the city and make this documentary.

Just to understand what an EF5 means:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfO1A80-GQQ

 

[Dann Cianca]

Ciao Andrea, thanks for sharing that video. I found it very touching.

Grazie.

 

[Dick McGowan]

Good stuff Andrea! It's amazing of how many residents have such positive attitudes and every one I've ever talked to, is very thankful of the generosity of strangers. I was there last weekend, the first time since July 4th, and the town looked a LOT better with a lot of smiles on their faces everywhere we went. There is still a long ways to go, but a lot of progress is being made.

I made a documentary as well, of when we went back to visit Daniel, a Mennonite man who we found waiving his hands for help 6 miles south of Greensburg that night. His farm was completely destroyed. After navigating through debris and lifting powerlines up over my car, we were able to get out of the debris path west of 183 and drive him to a friend's house.

He tells some amazing stories, and talks about his conversation with President Bush. I talk to him about every week or so and he's doing well, but lives in New Mexico now and works as a ranch hand. He'll be back for wheat harvest in June and we plan on helping him on the combines (as Darin, Derek and I used to work on farms) or drive grain trucks for him.

Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BNaAIA8_HBk
(10 minutes)

Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iq5IUT__jRw
(10 minutes)

 

[Andrea Griffa]

Good stuff Andrea! It's amazing of how many residents have such positive attitudes and every one I've ever talked to, is very thankful of the generosity of strangers. I was there last weekend, the first time since July 4th, and the town looked a LOT better with a lot of smiles on their faces everywhere we went. There is still a long ways to go, but a lot of progress is being made.

Yes,Dick I was impressed by those words. Scott,recently told me there are over 100 new homes that have been built or are in the process of being built. The city has agreed on a master plan for the design of the new city.

All new city buildings will be built to the highest levels of "green" standards to minimize the ecological impact and to set a good example for the rest of the world. Many exciting things are happening in Greensburg. The high school has put together temporary facilities to be able to continue to have school for this year. They will be building a new high school and it will be state-of-the-art and also will be built to the highest levels of "green" standards.

 

[Lanny Dean]

Great job on the vid Andrea. Very moving.