I remember that storm that you're talking about coming through. I actually also graduated from Fort Hays State University, but back in the early 2000's. One of the storms that destroyed my Grandparents' farm started down in Oklahoma....and came up through Kansas and totaled much of the small town of Greensburg, and kept on going including when it hit my Grandparents' farm, and still kept going across much of the state of Kansas before finally slowing down. Scary stuff for sure!