Hutchinson, Kansas Tornado: Storm Leaves Destruction In Its Wake (VIDEOS)

Powerful storms battered the Midwest early Wednesday, leaving a path of destruction across several states. Tornadoes were reported near towns including Hutchinson, Kansas and the resort destination of Branson, Missouri, reported the Associated Press.

A twister also hit the small town of Harveyville, Kansas. The confirmed EF-2 tornado destroyed around 40 percent of the town, according to KMBC. In fact, every building in Harveyville was damaged.

The video below, from AP, shows a tornado near Hutchinson, Kansas. The town is about 40 miles northwest of Wichita.

In Branson, the storm caused damage to the town's theater district and injured nearly 40 people, according to the Associated Press. Branson's Walmart also lost its roof and a Best Western hotel was "completely destroyed," according to KTVI.

Elsewhere, the storm system left several dead. According to AP, at least six people were killed in Harrisburg Illinois and one person was killed in Buffalo, Missouri. The National Weather Service received reports of 16 tornado sightings across 5 states.

Scroll through the video slideshow to WATCH footage of the Midwest storm and the damage it caused:

Photos of the destruction in Harveyville, Kansas; Harrisburg, Illinois; and Branson, Missouri:

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• Shopping Mall in Harrisburg Before Storms

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• Shopping Mall In Harrisburg After Storms

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• <em>From AP:</em> Residents ride past a tree that was downed by severe storms that destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> A stop sign, that was bent over by severe storms, stands on a street corner in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Furniture and walls are what is left of a home the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Residents gather the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Volunteer fireman Jeff Woodyard recovers golf clubs from his father-in-law's home in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to the small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> A stuffed toy lies in a ditch the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to the small town in Kansas.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Luke Russell clears debris from a storm-damaged home, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harveyville, Kan. A tornado that damaged at least half of the tiny eastern Kansas town of Harveyville on Tuesday night was an EF-2 with wind speeds of 120 to 130 mph, state emergency management officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

• <em>From AP:</em> An unidentified man enters Riggin's Market and Deli in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The business was closed due to severe storms that destroyed several homes and businesses in town. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to the small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> An unidentified man clears storm damage the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste the small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> A tornado-damaged home sits amid debris along Main Street, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harveyville, Kan. The small eastern Kansas town of Harveyville took a direct hit from an apparent tornado late Tuesday, injuring at least 11 people and reducing much of the town to ruins. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

• <em>From AP:</em> Volunteers walk past storm damage in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to the small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Tammy Woodyard, center, talks to neighbor Grant Hill, right, and his daughter, Talla, about the tornado damage to her father's home behind her, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harveyville, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

• <em>From AP:</em> Residents walk the streets the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Tammy Woodyard, of Harveyville, surveys the wreckage of her father's home the morning after a tornado hit the town, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harveyville, Kan. Her father was unhurt. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

• <em>From AP:</em> Residents talk in front of a home after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Residents and volunteers line up for food and drink, the morning after severe storms destroyed several homes and businesses in Harveyville, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

• <em>From AP:</em> Margaret Shimkus, 61, talks with an emergency responder about her condition Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at her home in Harrisburg, Ill., after an early morning tornado ripped through the town. Shimkus, who took refuge in her bathtub, sustained a minor cut from the early morning storm, but Dorothy Hill, her neighbor in the duplex home, was taken to a hospital with injuries. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

• <em>From AP:</em> In this image made with a cell phone, a residential area is heavily damaged in Harrisburg, Ill., after a severe storm swept through the area early Wednesday morning, Feb. 29, 2012. A hospital administrator in Harrisburg says at least three people were killed in the storm that swept through the region. (AP Photo/The Southern, Paul Newton)

• <em>From AP:</em> In this image made with a cell phone, damage is seen to a strip mall in Harrisburg, Ill., after a severe storm swept through the area early Wednesday morning, Feb. 29, 2012. A hospital administrator in Harrisburg says at least three people were killed in the storm that swept through the region. (AP Photo/The Southern, Paul Newton)

• <em>From AP:</em> In this image made with a cell phone, a residential area is seen severely damaged in Harrisburg, Ill., after a severe storm swept through the area early Wednesday morning, Feb. 29, 2012. At least three people are confirmed dead in Harrisburg, said Harrisburg Medical Center CEO Vince Ashley, and the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured. (AP Photo/The Southern, Paul Newton)

• <em>From AP:</em> A residential area in Harrisburg, Ill. is damaged after a storm passed, Wednesday , Feb. 29, 2012. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/ Stephen Lance Dennee)

• <em>From AP:</em> Emergency crews comb through some of the damage after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Keith Hucke, left, and Devyn Byrd, 14, survey the damage sustained to Hucke's house after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. Hucke said he was in his bed when the wall right next to him collapsed during the storm. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Residents take in some of the damage after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Emergency crews comb through some of the damage after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Emergency crews comb through some of the damage after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Roy Mauney of Harrisburg, Ill., collects clothes from a dresser in what remains of his parents house after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Saline County city. Mauney said his parents survived the storm by taking cover in a bathtub before their house blew off its foundation and across the street. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Emergency crews comb through some of the damage after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Gene Byrd pauses for a moment while he and his son Devyn Byrd, 14, look over some of the damage sustained to a friends house after a severe storm hit in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisrbug, Ill. A severe pre-dawn storm pounded portions of southern Illinois on Wednesday. Several deaths have been reported in Harrisburg and left the city's medical center scrambling to treat an influx of injured, the hospital's top administrator said. (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan,Paul Newton )

• <em>From AP:</em> Emergency responders work to clear debris in a neighborhood in Harrisburg, Ill., after an early morning tornado Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. At least six people died in Harrisburg in the pre-dawn tornado. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

• <em>From AP:</em> Paul Johnson with Larry's Electric, works on the electrical system at Harrisburg Medical Center after an early morning tornado damaged the hospital Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. At least six people died in Harrisburg in the pre-dawn tornado. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

• <em>From AP:</em> Debris lies on the ground outside Nell Cox's Harrisburg, Ill. home Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, where a tornado ripped through earlier in the day. Cox, a cancer survivor who lives alone, awoke during the tornado, shined a flashlight out her window and saw her neighbor, who was ejected from her bed and out a window, lying in a ditch. Cox, who is in her seventies, went outside and brought the woman to safety until emergency services came. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

• <em>From AP:</em> A prosthetic leg found among the debris caused by a tornado that ripped through Harrisburg, Ill. leans against a damaged home Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

• <em>From AP:</em> Family members and friends try to salvage what they can after a tornado destroyed their neighborhood homes Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

• <em>From AP:</em> People try to salvage what they can after a tornado destroyed homes in their neighborhood Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

• <em>From AP:</em> Jeff Rann, 29, right, pauses while sifting for possessions in the remains of their parents' duplex trying to salvage what he can after a tornado destroyed their parents home Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. Their parents were cancer survivors Randy Rann, 65, and Donna Rann. Randy died at the scene and his wife died later at a hospital. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

• <em>From AP:</em> Harrisburg Mayor Eric Gregg talks about the destruction from a tornado as Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn listens during a news conference in Harrisburg, Ill., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. The tornado that blasted Harrisburg in southern Illinois, killing six, was an EF4, the second-highest rating given to twisters based on damage. Scientists said it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 mph. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee)

• <em>From AP:</em> A utility worker tries to free storm debris suspended in a power line in Branson, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. An apparent tornado hopscotched through the city's main tourist district overnight, causing damage for miles. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

• <em>From AP:</em> Tim Thress, left, of Branson, and Wake Williams of Omaha, Ark., help carry merchandise out of a friend's storm-damaged store in Branson, Mo., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Powerful storms that produced reports of multiple tornadoes and killed at least nine people elsewhere in the Midwest tore through the music resort town early this morning, injuring more than three dozen people. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

• <em>From AP:</em> A gas station is damaged and power lines are down in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

• <em>From AP:</em> A toppled sign lies in a street Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Branson, Mo. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/The News-Leader, Valerie Mosley)

• <em>From AP:</em> Storm debris is piled near the entrance to the Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

• <em>From AP:</em> Residents walk amid downed power lines in their neighborhood in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

• <em>From AP:</em> Metal debris is wrapped around trees and windows are shattered at the Ozark Mountain Inn in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

• <em>From AP:</em> Debris lies around the Midtown Cafe Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Branson, Mo. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.(AP Photo/The News-Leader, Valerie Mosley)

• <em>From AP:</em> Debris lies around the Legends Theater Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Branson, Mo. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.(AP Photo/The News-Leader, Valerie Mosley)

• <em>From AP:</em> Power lines lie on the ground Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Branson, Mo. A powerful storm system lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas.(AP Photo/The News-Leader, Valerie Mosley)

• <em>From AP:</em> Windows and doors blown out of their frames rest against railings at a hotel in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

• <em>From AP:</em> Sherry Cousins and her brother Bruce Wallace of Hollister, Mo., sit in the wreckage of their secondhand store in Branson, Mo, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Comments

[Htown Lawman]

09:15 PM on 03/07/2012

amazing close up video of Perkin IN. Family filming the approach
of the tornado, as it hits their house.

http://youtu.be/h6q-WAz2tLM

[JennaBean403]

10:50 PM on 03/04/2012

My thoughts and prayers go out to those families affected by this tragic storm. I live in Ohio, and spring is my least favorite season. My reason? Storms, specifically those with tornadoes. I get nervous about these storms days ahead of time, and the pictures above explain. God Bless You All, stay safe :) ...

[Jennifer Hoffman]

11:34 PM on 03/01/2012

I have lived in the Midwest for over 25 years. Until 5 years ago, we never saw any tornadoes although we often had the big thunderstorms we're known for. Now every year we have 2 or 3 'super cell' tornadoes that are F3 or higher. Does anyone else think this is strange, because I certainly do. And it's not due to global warming, there are other factors present here that are adding to these storms that creative monstrous tornadoes that destroy towns like last year's Joplin tornado. I volunteered with the Joplin cleanup and the destruction there was unimaginable, that storm was simply not natural.

[Dallas Dunlap]

06:56 AM on 03/02/2012

Jennifer Hoffman - I grew up in the Midwest and left there in the early 70s. I've seen tornadoes in central Illinois, and it wasn't uncommon to hide in the basement during storms because of tornado warnings. Later on, when I lived in Ohio, there were several tornado episodes (this would be in the 1960s.) Of course, who can forget the 1974 Xenia tornado?
Friends of mine in Minnesota also have tornado stories to tell.
AFAIK, there have always been tornadoes in the Midwest. Since the 1990s there have been more tornadoes but it's hard to say if that is for real or just an artifact of better reporting.
Here's an article about the topic: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/mccarthy/tor30yrs.pdf

[nellre]

11:53 AM on 03/04/2012

Why do you say it is not global warming? This is entirely consistent with what science says will happen with climate change. The odds of violent weather go up.

[rockysparks]

10:02 AM on 03/01/2012

We're always so proud of our possessions, whether we have lots or only a few. Then, when you see something like this and realize that they all could disappear in just a few seconds, you're just glad to be alive and have a roof over your head ...

[MSROADKILL612]

09:57 AM on 03/01/2012

u guys are unbelievable - how does a tornado become political - i give up

[MSROADKILL612]

09:54 AM on 03/01/2012

am from oz - & have considered getting to know the us & just settling in for say 6 months some place cheap & folksy - but cant say tornado alley appeals - shame tho - sounds there are some nice spots in it if not too redneck

that is - if it were not for my dog - long story but its a nightmare returning given oz quarantine rules

[mairs]

08:37 PM on 03/02/2012

If you do, check the year 'round weather, including temperatures and humidity in every area you are interested in.

[MSROADKILL612]

10:22 PM on 03/02/2012

Thanks for that tip - am getting a bit old for 100% & humid. one thing sydney is blessed with is yeah it gets hot, but never more than a week - a southerly storm always blows in & the weekly cycle starts again

bangkok drove me nuts. always the same, never a change (bar wet & dry season - thankfully my stay was the dry) & never any breeze. interesting & made some good friends w/ the locals

i like small towns but they have a fatal flaw, all know everybodies business & if you blot your copy book (which can mean not going to church in germany), u may as well leave town

[MSROADKILL612]

09:45 AM on 03/01/2012

Just arrived - am hoping at least here will be no red vs blue finger pointing - but am bound to be disappointed

[Clem2]

08:37 AM on 03/01/2012

Wow that slide show so does not work! ;-O

[Clem2]

08:09 AM on 03/01/2012

Yup, climate change.
I say that red states which believe in no govt should get no FEMA aid. But then again, I am sick of hearing stupid, anti-science viewpoints and from religious zealots 9sorry... am grumpy)

[blinkthink]

09:39 AM on 03/01/2012

Having experienced a tornado in 2002, I get furious when the Senator from ole Vaginny talked about no help-then the East Coast was slammed by hurricanes and he ate his words.

This isn't a Banana Republic, if we can police the world, we can help our own devastated people.
My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones, everything they own. We have to help.

[MSROADKILL612]

09:46 AM on 03/01/2012

are not we all?

[ken607]

07:12 AM on 03/01/2012

inclimate weather patterns is climate change! and if you repubs cant understand SCIENCE then just go back under your rocks! the fact is the last 10 years we have had record floods, record weather! and for the 2nd year in a row tornadoes in winter! you are distanceing yourselves from reality everyday. time to get real and join the reality of our world. climate change is happening. see il make it real simple. global warming is more moisture in the air. more moisture more weather systems! PERIOD.

[Jeremyewilliams]

08:02 AM on 03/01/2012

That last little bit is too much for them to understand, especially since Rush/Hannity isn't spouting it.

[blinkthink]

09:44 AM on 03/01/2012

The GOP want to defund NOAA, our National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, losing federal ability to track these storms-the satellites need to be replaced as they are old.

[TinTincognito]

09:43 PM on 03/01/2012

The Conservative Party of Canada just defunded our northernmost research station so we won't be able to track the hole in the ozone layer or the effects of global climate change in the far north. If we can't see it happening then it's not real so we can extract fossil fuels from the tarsands with no worries.

[WOODSTOCKER60]

06:47 AM on 03/01/2012

state of emergency declared"

ANY SELF RESPECTING TEA PUBLICAN KNOWS THAT THEY WOULD NEVER TAKE ANY HELP IN ANY WAY.."FROM THAT NASTY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THEY SO LOVE TO HATE!..WHATS THEIR CREEDO??....."YOUR ON YOUR OWN".....AND."STAND ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET!"
.............KEEP VOTING REPUBLICAN...KEEP REFUSING HELP FROM THAT GOVERNMENT YOU SO DISLIKE!..........:)

[rstar1602]

05:52 AM on 03/01/2012

Having lived through the Plainfield, IL of 1990 I can tell you these are very scary, and wouldn't want to see one ever again!

[Bricknhank]

07:13 AM on 03/01/2012

That was a bad one in Plainfield.

[MSROADKILL612]

09:48 AM on 03/01/2012

as opposed to good tornados :)

[Punks]

09:16 AM on 03/01/2012

Veteran here of the Stockton tornado of not that many years ago here in MO. Miserable for everyone and everything. Took about 150 trees down on our 50 some acres. Beautiful old walnuts, oaks and a few cedars. Not to mention damage to house, animals, community.
Leaves an impression to say the least.

[bayside]

05:49 AM on 03/01/2012

Kansas.. the state that raised taxes on the poor and middle class to pay for tax cuts to the rich..Now this....

[WOODSTOCKER60]

06:51 AM on 03/01/2012

SO........NOW...THOSE SAME RICH CAN............BUY NEW ARTWORK,JET AIRPLANES,JEWLERY,AND MANSIONS FOR THEMSELVES........"NOTHING CHANGES"...

[melanielpc]

08:56 AM on 03/01/2012

Kansas has very, very high tax rates.

[Crisdean Wulver]

03:15 AM on 03/01/2012

The above footage isn't very good. Here's the best tornado footage I've ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCI1u05KD_s

It's a perfectly shaped tornado, and it seems to hover motionless. Beyond that, it's visible for a very long way up in the sky. I doubt anyone will ever get a better video of a tornado. I only wish they had stopped the car and got out, so that the camera wouldn't shake and so that we wouldn't have to look through the raindrops on the window. Still, it's incredible footage.

[cuoi]

08:39 AM on 03/01/2012

That was incredible. Hope to never see one that close.

[Crisdean Wulver]

10:16 AM on 03/01/2012

I was so close to one once that my ears popped and I could actually feel the suction.

[DenverPainters]

02:40 AM on 03/01/2012

I remember that, coming over Denver the day before, heading East like a scalded dog. We got just a dusting of snow out it, wind blowing like it was no tomorrow, darker than ever. Kansas, get ready for another front heading into Denver Thursday afternoon. Will be in the prairie late Thursday evening, early Friday morning!

[collettethehedgehog]

05:59 AM on 03/01/2012

Getting so I dont schedule flights into Denver Spring and Fall.

[DenverPainters]

07:09 PM on 03/01/2012

Denver rarely has a tornado, but once our fronts get out on the flatland, it's another story. Have seen many fronts come across the Rockies, from West to East, not bad in Colorado, but clouds taking a whole new dimension out on the prairie.

[Now tense]

08:53 AM on 03/01/2012

This next one doesn't seem that it will be bringing the winds though. I am not sure my sanity can take too many more "wind events" this year.

[DenverPainters]

07:13 PM on 03/01/2012

If your out in Kansas, I'd hunker down again. We just had a front come through earlier today, Cold, Lt. Snow, Blowing across Denver for a couple hours. Sunny once again, dark skies out East. Very Dark-Good Luck>Be Safe!