Sir, if you come this weekend, prepare yourself. There really is nothing left but the elevators. The thing that makes it so much like the Twilight Zone is, unsurprisingly, the trees. They are eerie, spooky. Flat tires are a big problem but that is getting better each day. You won’t have to bring a lot of water . . . this time. I am told, I believe reliably, that after 21 days the Red Cross will pull out. You may very well need to bring water the next time you come.
Sir, where is your father staying?
Dad is staying in Pratt with his brother and sister-in-law right now, and isn’t even sure if he’s going to move back to Greensburg. Since mom passed away in January there isn’t much for him there anymore. I’ll be talking to him and my sister in an hour or so to see if we’re going to Greensburg this weekend or not (since Sunday is Mothers Day. His house was on South Spruce, and from the shots I’ve seen, it looks like everything from Spruce to Sycamore is just GONE. The far West, and far East parts of town is where the houses did survive. You’d probably be surprised at the change in 21 days, or whenever the Red Cross does pull out.
My sister and I went to Greensburg today. I kept getting lost while she was driving around. I lived there from 1970 till 1995, and kept getting lost today! It looks like a wasteland. My sister drove up Main street from the south, and until we got to the high school, I didn’t even know what street we were on. I didn’t realize the damage to the Dillons was that severe. The pictures I’d seen of it didn’t show the worst of the damage.