Kansas's Natural disasters?

Question

What are kansas's natural disasters and how are they formed and how do they effect the people living there? Thanks

Answer 1

How sad, don't you read the newspapers.

Answer 2

Floods, too much rain and the rivers overflow

Mudslides- Too much rain and ground becomes too muddy to support a hillside

Tornados- when a low pressure system meets with high

People living there it doesn't really effect them other than they have to sometimes go to their basements perhaps during a tornado. They could also have to pack sandbags to keep flood from their homes. Mudslides are very hard to predict where they will be but i guess they don't build on unsterdy grounds or hillsides.

Answer 3

check out tornadoes, snow storms and floods.

Answer 4

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1997 Western Plains winter storms

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2002 Central Plains ice storm

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Dust Bowl

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Great Flood of 1951

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May 2007 Tornado Outbreak

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Schoolhouse Blizzard



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Categories: Geography of Kansas | Natural disasters in the United States by state | Disasters in Kansas

United States: Kansas City Encounters Worst Natural Disaster of New Century

There is no doubt that the days between Jan. 29 and Feb. 8, 2002, will remain in the minds of the residents of the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area for years to come.

Beginning in the early afternoon of January 29 and extending into the morning of January 31, more than 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) of ice accumulated on the trees and overhead lines, causing what some people are calling the worst natural catastrophe in Kansas City history.

Tom Robison, Public Information Officer of Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) stated, “In 1996, the area was struck by a freakish snowstorm in late October that caused outage repair work for about five and a half days at a cost of US$13.4 million. However, the recent ice storm required outage-restoration efforts of twice as long with twice as many crews.”

KCP&L brought in crews from utilities as far away as Indiana and Texas. KCP&L's normal workforce includes 107 crews, which amounts to 489 people. As a result of the ice storm, KCP&L bolstered its workforce by an additional 738 crews, totaling an additional 2300 people.

All in all, the ice storm affected almost 50% of the electrical energy users in the area.

KCP&L recorded the most outages with a total of 285,000.

Utilicorp United (Missouri Public Service) reported the storm affected 100,000 customers and damaged more than 500 poles.

Westar Energy reported service interruptions to more than 100,000 customers.

The Kansas City, Kansas Board of Public Utilities reported 48,521 customer outages.

The Power & Light Department of Independence, Missouri, said more than 25,000 customers reported problems.

Immediate Release

October 17, 2006



USDA DESIGNATES 57 KANSAS COUNTIES NATURAL DISASTER AREAS



Decision Allows Farmers and Ranchers to Apply for USDA Assistance



The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated 57 Kansas counties primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by the combined effects of various disasters that occurred during the past year, including a late spring freeze, drought, high winds and extreme temperatures. Those counties are:



Barber, Barton, Cheyenne, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Harper, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jewell, Kearney, Kiowa, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Ness, Norton, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Rawlins, Republic, Rice, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Woodson.



Also eligible because they are contiguous are the following counties:



Allen, Anderson, Butler, Clay, Coffey, Cowley, Dickinson, Greenwood, Harvey, Kingman, Marion, Morton, Neosho, Reno, Sedgwick, Washington, Wichita, Wilson.

Lincoln County Kansas

DISASTERS

Lincoln County has experienced its share of natural disasters – drought, grasshoppers, tornados, fires, floods, even earthquakes. The determination of the county’s residents in the face of these trials – especially in the early days of settlement – is what makes these events most remarkable.

This page is a work in progress. If you have newspaper articles or other information on Lincoln County disasters you would like to share with other researchers, please contact Tracee Hamilton.

Below is a list of articles and stories about Lincoln County's natural disasters:

PRAIRIE FIRE OF 1879

"Terrible Calamity," Saline Valley Register, March 19, 1879

PRAIRIE FIRE OF 1879

"Old Timer Tells of Fire," Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, Sept. 7, 1933

ENGINE BREAKS THROUGH BRIDGE

"An Engine Plunges Through the Bridge," Lincoln Banner, July 30, 1884

BINNS' HOTEL FIRE OF 1885

From the Lincoln Banner, April 15, 1885

PRAIRIE FIRES OF 1890

"Two Prairie Fires in One Day Surrounded Lincoln 50 Years Ago," Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, March 28, 1940

LINCOLN FIRE OF 1892

A fire on Lincoln's main street burns out businesses; article includes a history of fires in Lincoln

LINCOLN FIRE OF 1895

A fire on Lincoln's main street burns out a block of businesses

LINCOLN FIRE OF 1896

A fire on Lincoln's main street burns out several businesses

HAIL STORM OF 1896

A hail storm wreaks havoc in the southwest part of the county; the story details the damage suffered by area farmers

ANOTHER HAIL STORM OF 1896

A hail storm hits Highland, Golden Belt, Valley and Franklin townships; the story details the damage suffered by area farmers

TORNADO OF 1899

A tornado cuts a swath south and east of Lincoln; no major injuries reported

FLOOD OF 1903

Good Samaritan loses his life in a flood near Lincoln

TRAGIC FIRE IN SYLVAN GROVE

Two children lose their lives as a horrified town looks on helplessly

FLOOD AT BARNARD, KANSAS

"High Water," Barnard Bee, June 11, 1908

SNOWSTORM OF 1912

"Another Big Snow," Lincoln Sentinel, Feb. 29, 1912

FIRE OF 1925

One person killed in "Big Fire at Sylvan," Lincoln Sentinel, June 11, 1925

HUB CLOTHING STORE BURNS

The Hub Clothing Store was lost to fire, Lincoln Sentinel, Jan. 29, 1925

REES MILL BURNS

The Rees Mill, a landmark in Lincoln for more than 60 years, burned on New Year's Day 1942

LUMBER YARD BURNS

The Burgner-Bowman-Matthews lumber yard, which had been established in the mid-1880s as the Chicago Lumber Company, burned to the ground in 1949.

FLOOD OF 1951

The Salina River flooded after heavy rains, perhaps the worst incident of its kind in the county's history.

TORNADO OF 1952

"Tornado Strikes Thursday South and West of Lincoln," Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, Aug. 14, 1952 (this storm destroyed the original Emmanuel Church building south of Vesper)

SHADY BEND MILL BURNS IN 1963

"Shady Bend Mill And Elevator Completely Destroyed By Fire," Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, June 13, 1963

CITY HALL FIRE OF 1981

"City Hall extensively damaged by fire Friday night," Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, Sept. 17, 1981

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From natural disaster to green revolutionPaul Harris in Greensburg, Kansas guardian.co.uk, Wednesday April 9 2008 Article historyThe sound of the killer tornado howling outside was suddenly mixed with the noise of snapping wood and exploding glass. Cowering in the basement below their house, Alanna Goodman and her parents knew their roof had just been ripped off.

The shrieking winds eventually died and when the Goodmans finally emerged it was to a scene of utter devastation and death in Greensburg, Kansas. The vast twister had wiped it off the map. "You could not see anything. It was all just ruins," Goodman said.

The tornado last May killed 11 Greensburg residents, injured more than 60 and levelled 95 percent of the city, reducing houses to matchsticks and sturdy brick churches to piles of rubble.

In an area of rural depopulation and few jobs, where towns struggle in the best of times, it seemed nature had delivered Greensburg a death blow.

That was almost a year ago. Now Greensburg is not only being rebuilt but it aims to become one of the most environmentally sensitive cities in America.

In a groundbreaking scheme the town's residents are trying to make sure each new house and city building is as green as possible.

Now the usual rural Kansas talk of cattle and corn has been replaced by solar panels, geothermal energy and which type of insulation keeps out the winter cold the best. The scheme has won support from government agencies and environmental charities.

It is even being covered by the Discovery Channel who will produce a TV series about the town's transformation from rural backwater to cutting edge mecca for green activists. The show has got star backing too; from movie star Leonardo diCaprio, who campaigns on green issues and will be the series' producer.

On the ruins left by the tornado, Greensburg's residents now aim to build a model town for environmentalists across the globe. 'We are talking about a model green community for the world. And we want the world to visit. We could end up having ecotourism here,' said Daniel Wallach, a local businessman who formed the Greensburg GreenTown organisation to co-ordinate the effort.

The plans are ambitious. Twelve different types of environmentally sensitive homes are being pitched to residents, who currently mostly live in mobile homes donated by the disaster management agency FEMA.

The new homes will be up to 50% more energy efficient than their old houses. The city council plans has also vowed that all public buildings will be built to the highest environmental standards, the so-called 'platinum' rating of the US Green Building Council.

No other city in