{"id":554,"date":"2015-05-03T17:10:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gratch.co.uk\/chase2013\/?p=554"},"modified":"2016-01-02T21:49:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T21:49:28","slug":"day-8-left-movers-in-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gratch.co.uk\/chase2013\/2015\/05\/day-8-left-movers-in-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 8 &#8211; Left Movers in Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And finally something to chase. It was nothing spectacular but after five days of sun and fun it was time to get back to business.<\/p>\n<p>There was scope for some marginally severe and quite picturesque storms up on the Oklahoma\/Kansas border and we were well positioned in Oklahoma City to get there in plenty of time.<\/p>\n<p>On our way we sampled the absolutely delightful County museum in Pratt, Kansas, and drove through the town of Greensburg, devastated by the EF5 tornado on 4 May 2007. 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