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Storm DVD Benefits Greensburg Save Email Print
Posted: 10:21 PM Mar 1, 2008
Last Updated: 5:38 PM Mar 2, 2008
Email Address: natasha.trelfa@kake.com

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Severe weather season is just around the corner and the people of one Kansas town nearly wiped off the map last year are still putting their town back together. Now, storm chasers are using pictures and video from last year's storm season to spur the rebuilding process in Greensburg.

It's a DVD with some of the biggest storms of 2007 on it, including the Greensburg tornado. Now the storm chasers who put it together are taking the money from the DVD sales and putting it towards Greensburg to help the town rebuild.

"We're just interested in the power of the storm and how that formed," says Greensburg survivor Wilma McChristian. "It was so powerful."

"Instantly we knew how bad it was and how badly they needed help. It has really become a mission for all of us to really give everything we have to help them out," said Darin Brunin, a storm chaser.

It's two hours of the worst storms of 2007, just a fraction of what these storm chasers actually captured. The bulk of the annual worst storm DVD contains scenes from the Greensburg tornado.

Nearly 200 people contributed to the documentary, which is used to raise money for disaster relief. This year, a portion of that money is directed to Project Greensburg.

"It's been awesome. The money and the labor of the people that have come in and helped is great," says McChristian.

The producers held the first of a series of special showing in Pratt Saturday. The chasers say it's just one way to show how much can be learned from these storms.

"The bottom line is, we're here to learn more about the storms and help any way we can," says Greg Stumpf, a meteorologist from Norman, Oklahoma.

For the people in the audience, nearly all from Greensburg, it's this type of dedication that helped them survive.

During the presentation, a check for more than $3,000 was donated to Greensburg.

To purchase a dvd or find out when special showings of the documentary in Kansas are scheduled, go to www.thestormsof 2007.org.

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