Greenburg ? People are living in Greensburg again.

The lucky ones who still had a house left after the May 4 tornado have been among the first residents to slowly trickle back into town. Some still have no power and are using generators and kerosene lamps. Others can run a few appliances off temporary power lines.

The first major resettlement will come when 300 mobile homes brought in by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are set up at a 75-acre site at the south end of town. Rains have delayed progress on the project.

About 20 percent of the rubble still needs to be removed.

Among the recent returnees are Bruce Raber, his wife and young son. The 49-year-old said the toughest adjustment has been not having his neighbors around him.

“You kind of feel like you’re on a deserted island, out here by yourself,” Raber said as a generator hummed outside his garage.

Wind from the tornado broke out seven windows, but his house was in a pocket in southwest Greensburg that was mostly spared by the tornado that demolished most of the town.

“The biggest pain we have right now is running this generator, because gas is so stinkin’ high,” he said.

It costs about $4.50 an hour to fuel the generator in order to do laundry and run the central air conditioning during the hottest parts of the day.

Temporary power has been restored to some residents.

Sheryl and Chris Christenson finally got to plug in their refrigerator on June 12.

“I can run two electrical things at a time,” she said.