The 2006 Microburst

Repairs complete on historic church towers
By Terry Rombeck
June 2, 2007
It’s funny the things you learn when a microburst knocks down part of your church, a construction worker gets stranded at the top, and then you knock down part of the church only to rebuild it.
Losing touch
June 1, 2007
To the editor: In spring of 2005, I was so relieved to see that a stand of silver maples and oaks upwards of 100 years old on the north-facing hill toward the Campanile survived the microburst.
Final brick tower repaired at church
J-W Staff reports
April 28, 2007
The congregation at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt., has reason to celebrate this weekend. Friday afternoon, construction crews repaired the last of eight brick towers damaged by a microburst on March 12, 2005.
Lawrence microburst - one year later
March 12, 2007
Around 8 am on Sunday, March 12th, 2006 - a microburst with straight line winds in excess of 80 mph tore through the city - damaging scores of buildings and causing an estimated 8 million dollars in damage.
KU still picking up the pieces from microburst
By Laura Berger
March 12, 2007
School officials have made headway on a lot of projects related to the March 12th, 2006 microburst, but there is still work to be done…
EMS chief stays positive after injuries
By Karrey Britt
March 11, 2007
It has been a year of setbacks for Ted McFarlane, former deputy chief of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical, whose lower legs were crushed in an accident March 12, 2006.
A year later, microburst’s sudden fury still evident
March 12 storm caused $8M damage in Lawrence
By Karrey Britt
March 11, 2007
March 12, 2006, was a memorable day. The Kansas University men’s basketball team was crowned Big 12 Tournament champions with an 80-68 win over Texas. However, some Lawrence residents couldn’t watch the game on television because they had no electricity.
Refunds ordered in ‘arborist’ case
Work by D&L Tree Co. came after March microburst
By Mark Fagan
February 20, 2007
An Ozawkie man has agreed to refund more than $5,400 to two Lawrence residents who say they received shoddy or incomplete repair work at their homes damaged during a microburst nearly a year ago.
State approves funding KU microburst repairs
The microburst caused about $5.5 million damage to 73 buildings
By Scott Rothschild
December 14, 2006
The microburst caused about $5.5 million damage to 73 buildings.
Danforth Chapel is open again
Roof repaired after damage from last spring’s microburst
J-W Staff Reports
October 20, 2006
Roof repaired after damage from last spring’s microburst.
After storm, family sees no quick fix
‘Unsafe’ home doesn’t qualify for insurance
By George Diepenbrock
July 12, 2006
Flora Taylor and her family are caught between a broken wooden beam and the hard place they were put in by the March 12 microburst that hit Lawrence.
KU hopes to get more than $3M from FEMA
By Sophia Maines
May 12, 2006
Kansas University hopes to receive about $3.3 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cover the bulk of the damage caused by the March 12 microburst.
‘Microburst’ gains little local cachet
By Eric Weslander
April 24, 2006
Most natural disasters get things named after them: water park rides, alcoholic drinks, university mascots. Or they become the subject of countless numbers of songs and poems.
No appropriation for KU cleanup this session
J-W Staff Reports
April 19, 2006
There will be no budget amendment from Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to pay for repairs at Kansas University from the March 12 storm.
Federal disaster relief coming to county
The Associated Press
April 14, 2006
President Bush declared a state of disaster Thursday in Douglas and Wyandotte counties, where a storm last month ripped roofs off homes and businesses and damaged buildings at Kansas University.

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