In June 2008, a tornado hit Kansas State University's campus
destroying only one building: their wind erosion lab. In 2008,
the weather was not kind to Kansas. The state was hit with 187
tornadoes that year, more than any other state. Over Memorial
Day weekend of the same year, 412 separate tornado and
thunderstorm warnings were issued to the state. The damage
caused, as you may remember from the news, was nothing short of
catastrophic. Kansas State University wasn’t exempt from the
damage, with several buildings harmed on campus. The engineering
complex, though still standing, faced significant damage, as did
the building that housed the university’s nuclear reactor. Both
buildings were still standing, though, despite the 20 million
dollars of damage to the campus, which included damaged or torn
off roofs and blown out windows. Because nobody was harmed, it
makes it considerably more comedic that the only building
destroyed was the Wind Erosion Lab.