“It’s impossible to describe what a town looks like after it is hit bya tornado,” Diane Ingalls said, adding that “pictures do not do it justice.”Diane and her late husband, David, drove through Greensburg, KS shortly after the town’s hospital was destroyed when a tornado tore through the town.Diane has not forgotten the images from that day.The Ingalls raised their family in Northwest Texas County, and over the years they and their family members have used the local hospital.“It’s a great convenience to have a hospital right here in Texas County,” Diane said.“A hospital is necessary for a community to thrive and grow.”

But it’s the tornado images that come back to Diane when she thinks about the hospital’s current expansion needs.  “The tornado safe room is very important,” Diane said.  “It’s needed for the safety of the patients and the hospital staff.”