March 29 Weather
Symposium to Help Ravaged Town Rebuild
Lincoln, Neb. -- A fund drive
to help the town of Greensburg, Kansas, which was devastated by a tornado in
May 2007, will be part of the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium, March
29. The Symposium and family WeatherFest is an all-day event, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
in Hardin Hall, on the northeast corner of 33rd and Holdrege streets in
Lincoln.
"Storms of 2007,” a DVD that
includes the Greensburg disaster, will be showing in room 901 throughout the
day. The DVD will be on sale in the lobby of Hardin Hall, with proceeds
going to Greensburg. Two Kansas University students will also be on hand,
exhibiting photos taken both aerially and at ground-level in the aftermath
of the disaster.
Proceeds will go to Greensburg
GreenTown (http://www.greensburggreentown.org/),
a non-profit organization devoted to helping residents rebuild.
Speakers at the Symposium
talking about the Greensburg tornado include Mike Umscheid of the Dodge
City, National Weather Service, and Joe Schaefer, Director of the Storm
Prediction Center. Umscheid was the lead forecaster the night of the
tornado, and did everything in his power to handle the disaster as it
unfolded.
Note to media: Umscheid and
Schaefer will be available to the media for interviews the day of the CPSWS.
Go to
Several
Weather Symposium Web Site.
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