Kansas tornadoes

[katherini]

Just checking out via crooksandliars, an excerpt from an article at CBS news:

Paramedic Annette Gasten and her German shepherd, Greta, had a grim weekend searching amid the piles of wreckage left by one of the strongest tornadoes to rake across the Plains.

Every business on Greensburg's main street was demolished and officials estimate as much as

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[pandoradeloeste]

I'm not sure which part makes me facepalm more: the fact that all the good emergency-responding equipment is fighting a losing war across an ocean, or our illustrious president saying we're going to rebuild the Heartland right away when New Orleans has been a festering swamp for over a year (except the tourist areas, of course). Not saying that they shouldn't rebuild, obviously, but where was all that gung-ho enthusiasm when Katrina happened?