Quote by Barack Obama

In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed

— Barack Obama

“Tornado or no tornado, a girl from Kansas doesn't let much get to her.”

— Danielle Paige

“They were going crazy in Kansas. People were up to 9 p.m. I think that was the greatest thing to happen to Kansas since…

— Jay Leno

“When anything is going to happen in this country, it happens first in Kansas”

— William Allen White

“Tornadoes were, in out part of Central Illinois, the dimensionless point at which parallel lines met and whirled and blew up. They made no…

— David Foster Wallace

“Don't get caught up in the tornadoes of other peoples emotions”

— Mitch Bensel

Missourians know all too well the destruction tornadoes can bring to schools and communities.

— Mike Parson

“We packed up some tarps and followed the man to a town called Pleasant Grove. I have cousins who live there, but I hadn’t…

— Noah Galloway

“The whole school was in shock when he died. Just six months earlier, another guy from school died. Everyone went on about too much…

— Lisa Schroeder

“The fatality study wasn’t an intellectual exercise. It was intended to be a wake-up call for the nation. Tornadoes are dangerous and deadly, and…

— Nancy Mathis

“My neighbors have long since left, or they are dead. Some I killed. It was either kill or be eaten alive, which is not…

— Annie Walls

“Close-up violence -- it's like a tornado hitting you at 200 mph without warning. It takes all your preparation, fierceness to survive.”

— David R. Wommack