Town destroyed by tornado rebuilds to go green, be eco-friendly
and last updated 2021-01-08 13:56:54-05
After a town was destroyed by a tornado in 2007, officials knew they wanted to rebuild something better.
Debbie Boyle, who owns Last Tangleâa hair salon in Greensburg, Kansasâhasnât forgotten the storm that destroyed their hometown. She says most people who come into the salon have their stories from that day.
âSo, then you get to talking about it again, and I don't know, sometimes itâs like you donât want to talk about it," she said.
Greensburg, Kansas is a town of less than 1,000 people and located a couple of hours away from Wichita, surrounded by miles of farmland. On May 4, 2007, an EF-5 tornado tore through the town, killing 12 people and destroying 95 percent of the town.