Greensburg, Kansas – Photos

These photos of Greensburg, Kansas were taken by Ann Posegate, Earth Gauge outreach coordinator.  Please feel free to download and use them on-air, on the web  or in community outreach visits.  Download the fact sheet about the Greensburg tornado and rebuilding process.

You will notice that some of the images are a bit fuzzy – it was a rainy day in Greensburg when Ann visited!

Click on a photo to download.

	Tornado damage: Church steps – all that was left of the church.
	Tornado damage: Boy Scouts.
	Tornado damage: Last building standing on Main St. and only historic building left standing in town.
	Temporary hospital buildings.
	Rebuilding the Greensburg Hospital.
	A reminder from a local student to the community to “persevere.”
	The new Greensburg water tower.
	Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning & Design students designed and constructed a collection of  10’x10’x10’ cubes and placed them in the community to provide examples of sustainable materials and green construction methods. This is the recycling cube.
	The “Green Haus” cube, which displays environmentally-friendly building materials.
	Inside the “Green Haus” cube.
	The wind power system in the basement of the new 5-4-7 Arts Building.

For more public domain images of Greensburg tornado damage and new construction, visit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) photo library.