She no longer lives in town. The tornado took her former home on West Iowa. Neither does she still operate Green Acres Bed and Breakfast in Greensburg. The EF5 claimed that structure as well.
Janice Haney has, however, reinvented herself, as have other survivors of the May 4, 2007 storm, becoming editor of a successful publication chronicling anecdotes of those having lived through that harrowing night—successful enough, in fact, to plan a second volume.
Haney began collecting local folks’ personal remembrances of the night Greensburg fell to Mother Nature just two months after the storm and by February had delivered to her publisher 120 pages containing 61 such accounts, each ranging in length from one to four pages.
The first printing of 2,500 copies sold quickly enough to warrant production of another 2,500, of which a third are now gone. Haney, meanwhile, suspected there might be enough unique stories of that fateful night’s passage yet untold to yield a sequel to Greensburg: The Twisted Tales.
Thinking she’ll need at least 50 new stories of survival to produce Volume II of the same title, Haney said she currently has eight in hand, and will need the other 42 by November 15.
“I’d really like to have the stories by then so I can get it to the publisher in time to have the second volume available by the second anniversary of the storm next May,” she said.
Though the title of the second book will be nearly identical, Haney said her publisher has indicated the cover art can be altered to give the publication an entirely new look.
Though some folk shied from submitting hand-written copies of their experience the first time around, she insisted stories don’t need to be typed. If typed, however, accounts can be emailed to her at jhaney@giantcomm.net, while either version can be more conventionally mailed to her at 16472 B Street, Greensburg, KS 67054.
Though she no longer lives in town, Haney still considers herself a part of Greensburg, especially in light of her and her husband having bought into the green initiative of the community by building what she says, “is one of the greenest houses in the county,” a mile east and seven-and-a-half north of city limits. The house boasts geothermal wells, radiant heated floors and concrete ceiling, among other “green” features. The exterior color is, of course, green as well.
Anyone with questions of Haney concerning her second book can call at 723 2492, or 770 2529.
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She no longer lives in town. The tornado took her former home on West Iowa. Neither does she still operate Green Acres Bed and Breakfast in Greensburg. The EF5 claimed that structure as well.
Janice Haney has, however, reinvented herself, as have other survivors of the May 4, 2007 storm, becoming editor of a successful publication chronicling anecdotes of those having lived through that harrowing night—successful enough, in fact, to plan a second volume.
Haney began collecting local folks’ personal remembrances of the night Greensburg fell to Mother Nature just two months after the storm and by February had delivered to her publisher 120 pages containing 61 such accounts, each ranging in length from one to four pages.
The first printing of 2,500 copies sold quickly enough to warrant production of another 2,500, of which a third are now gone. Haney, meanwhile, suspected there might be enough unique stories of that fateful night’s passage yet untold to yield a sequel to Greensburg: The Twisted Tales.
Thinking she’ll need at least 50 new stories of survival to produce Volume II of the same title, Haney said she currently has eight in hand, and will need the other 42 by November 15.
“I’d really like to have the stories by then so I can get it to the publisher in time to have the second volume available by the second anniversary of the storm next May,” she said.
Though the title of the second book will be nearly identical, Haney said her publisher has indicated the cover art can be altered to give the publication an entirely new look.
Though some folk shied from submitting hand-written copies of their experience the first time around, she insisted stories don’t need to be typed. If typed, however, accounts can be emailed to her at jhaney@giantcomm.net, while either version can be more conventionally mailed to her at 16472 B Street, Greensburg, KS 67054.
Though she no longer lives in town, Haney still considers herself a part of Greensburg, especially in light of her and her husband having bought into the green initiative of the community by building what she says, “is one of the greenest houses in the county,” a mile east and seven-and-a-half north of city limits. The house boasts geothermal wells, radiant heated floors and concrete ceiling, among other “green” features. The exterior color is, of course, green as well.
Anyone with questions of Haney concerning her second book can call at 723 2492, or 770 2529.
