After a tornado leaves town, Mary Knapp knows her phone will ring. Knapp, an associate agronomist with Kansas State University Research and Extension, is also the states climatologist. Knapp will be at Meadowlark Hills to present over the tornadoes that have touched down in Manhattan, Kansas at 7 p.m. Friday, July 15, in the Community Room.

The presentation will discuss the 50th anniversary of the 1966 tornado that touched down north of the Amherst neighborhood, Jardine complex, a married student housing at the time, and St. Mary’s Hospital, which is now Via Christ Health. The storm that caused nearly 40 injuries, but no deaths, has marked Manhattan’s history for a lifetime.

Additionally, Knapp will present over the 2008 “Miller Ranch” Tornado, that left behind damage in the Miller Ranch neighborhood, the Little Apple Toyota building, crossed its way through Anderson Avenue and headed north east towards Denison Road and College Heights Road. Join Mary Knapp as she presents over Manhattan’s whirl-wind experience!