Something Squirrelly this Way Comes

I found out last evening from my grandmother (in Ohio) that over 50% of the buildings (total is now 60% of buildings) on the Kansas University campus sustained damage from storms on March 12. Classes were cancelled on Monday and access to campus restricted so that damage cleanup could begin. Damage estimates exceed $6 million dollars and Danforth Chapel will remain closed for the near future. It is the first time in KU's history that classes were canceled for something other than a snow emergency.

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Repairs at KU Could Cost Millions

I went to KU, so hearing this news was heart wrenching. In all the time I was there, through ice storms, blizzards and other violent weather, campus was only closed once. And that wasn't even half a day. I've seen pictures of the damage and it's not as severe as other places, where tornadoes touched down, but it is wide spread.

I actually had the news on for nearly two hours last night, but no mention was made. I thought a public university would at least get a passing mention on the news, but perhaps because nobody was injured or died, it wasn't consider "good news". I even watched through the sports segments on the local news, since there's all kinds of chatter about March Madness and KU has been in the dance for years. Especially since KU won the Big XII Championship this past weekend. But no, still not newsworthy enough.

Areas around Lawrence had golf ball sized hail and larger falling for over 15 minutes straight. Some places had softball sized hail. A friend's family had three cattle die from being pummeled by the hail.

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