That looks pretty scary to me.

Looks like we may dodge the worst here where I am.

Another pic from Salina:

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is about to rock

at the Intrust Bank Arena?

but the storms are getting close to us

They said everyone was watching the tv for updates on the concert and high school proms.

that decision was already made before today so they didn't have to move decorations as most places wouldn't let them start until today anyway.

The play's were cancelled. Even our church cancelled it's saturday services.

hadn't seen that one.


I HATE these storms. My father used to take us out in the flint hills to watch these storms. I think he scared me for life. He was fascinated by tornadoes and lightening storms.

the towns show up better. The activity has moved toward the northeast I see.

Are you from Emporia?

I love the Flint Hills.

Is that in the northern part of the state? It seems like we used to drive through there on our way to Ohio from Colorado when I was a kid. I hope no lives are lost.

Does US Highway 24 ring a bell? Mostly what I remember of Kansas is traveling through there at night, sleeping in the back seat of the car (because we didn't have to wear seatbelts back then). I guess Kansas has its own beauty but to a 10-year-old Colorado girl, it looked pretty boring.

They always build interstates in the most boring part of a state. Parts of Kansas are absolutely gorgeous.

90 miles later is Hays America. Then pretty much nothin' until Denver.

My dad grew up in Goodland. It's a cute little town.

Did you visit there much?

Good ol Goodland

My grandma was in Colby by then so we spent a lot of time there too.

We hung out at the downtown drug store. Helping with the ice cream sundae consumption.

Spent a lot of summers in the 50's and 60's in a little town in the center of Kansas called Claflin. Nothing to do but go to the drugstore and look through the comics. We would get what was called a "suicide" at the soda fountain for a nickel. It was all the sodas and add-ons mixed together. Quite a treat.