Ann and Bob Dixon were among the first to rebuild. When an F-5 tornado all but destroyed Greensburg two years ago today, the Dixons were grateful to have miraculously survived the total destruction of what had been their three-story, 100-year-old Victorian home. Seven months later, they moved into an energy-efficient, systems-built rancher, complete with a steel-reinforced safe room, built on the same lot.

“It was never a question for us. We felt people needed to see people coming back,” says Ann Dixon, a magistrate judge and wife of Greensburg’s mayor, of their decision to stay in Greensburg.

In keeping with the community’s initiative to become a model of sustainability, tornado survivors Jill and Scott Eller live across the street in a new split geodesic dome home made of SipSmart panels and designed by Michael Morley of Lawrence.

The Dixons, Ellers and their homes are featured on this week’s “Home and Away.”

“Home and Away” premieres at 6:30 p.m. Mondays on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 and replays at 9:30 p.m. Monday; 9 a.m., 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday; 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 10:30 a.m. Friday; 10 a.m. Saturday; and 9 p.m. Sunday.