Giant tornado strikes hard

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	Giant tornado strikes hard


	Winds estimated up to 260 miles per hour picked up and dropped giant tractor trailer rigs up to 250 feet away. The one pictured landed on another truck, whose wheels can be seen to the left of the cab. View Larger

Rebuild. “We’ve done it before and we’ll do it again,” said Karen Mawhirter, Great Bend Middle School teaching assistant, referring to the April 14 F-4 tornado that wiped out the home and business she shares with her husband, Terry, near St. John. She should know since she has literally done it before. In 1999, the Mawhirters also lost their home — located on the same site — to a tornado. “We figured it couldn’t happen ...

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