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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 09:30 AM
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'Cut the city in half': Deadliest tornado in Missouri's history kills at least 89 people in Joplin


JOPLIN, Mo. — A massive tornado — the deadliest in Missouri's history — tore through the city of Joplin on Sunday, killing at least 89 people. Authorities fear the death toll could climb Monday as search and rescue teams continue their work.

Much of the city's south side was leveled, with churches, schools, businesses and homes reduced to ruins.

Fire chief Mitch Randles estimated that 25 to 30 percent of the city was damaged, and said his own home was among the buildings destroyed as the twister swept through this city of about 50,000 people some 160 miles south of Kansas City.

"It cut the city in half," Randles said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43132174/ns/weather/
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 09:35 AM
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1. The pictures have left me speechless.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 09:36 AM
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2. That picture says way more than 1,000 words
:cry: :cry:
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classof56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 10:03 AM
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3. This is unutterably sad.
How do people even begin to cope with such awful devastation? All good wishes, thoughts and blessings to those whose lives are forever changed.

:hug:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 10:08 AM
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4. so sad whole communities are being wiped out.
Edited on Mon May-23-11 10:17 AM by bdamomma
these tornado's are reeking havoc in so many states, and the loss of life in devastating.

I think the weather channel has reported that there is more moisture in the air thus giving horrific tornados.
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 10:18 AM
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5. Yep. Warmer climate means more water evaporates.
More water in the air means more energy for storms. This is just the beginning.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 10:37 AM
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6. yes, there has been an excessive amount of tornado's
unprecedented as they say.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 10:39 AM
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7. Speechless.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:32 PM
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8. CNN just showed cell-phone video...
Edited on Mon May-23-11 12:33 PM by CoffeeCat
...from a man who was in a convenience store when the tornado hit. As glass blew the windows
out, customers decided to huddle inside a walk-in freezer. Good thing they did. After the
tornado moved on, they came out of the freezer to find that the entire convenience store had
been leveled. Everything was destroyed and most of the building was gone. The only thing in
the store that remained intact was that freezer.

Absolutely unbelievable!
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 09:41 PM
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9. Photo from Huffington Post's Home Page:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 11:31 PM
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10. More from MSNBC:


Ashley Stephens holds a ferret she rescued from the home of a missing woman (Charlie Riedel / AP)



Sheila Bolte and Ashley Hailey look up at the American flag they placed in a tree branch over Ashley's home (Julie Denesha / Getty Images)



Janet Martin attempts to salvage medication and mementos from her brother's home before a second storm moves. (Julie Denesha / Getty Images)
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 03:13 AM
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11. More:


Blocks of homes lie in total destruction after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo., on May 23.



Rescuers and neighbors look through the the wreckage of destroyed homes on a hillside in Joplin, Mo., on May 22.



A triage team treats wounded people at a triage station set up at 26th and Main Streets in Joplin, Mo. after the tornado swept through the city on May 22.



Lightning from a severe thunderstorm flashes in the distance beyond a crucifix in a cemetery near Easton, Kan., Saturday, May 21.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:24 AM
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12. Now what?
Edited on Tue May-24-11 04:29 AM by onethatcares
how do these people get back on their feet, back to homes, business, and churches?

This type of disaster is happening throughout the U.S. of A. and aside from some pics on MSM, very little is said.

The tornados, the floods, they've displaced millions of people, where are they going to live for the next 6 months?

How are they going to eat and what are they going to do?

I'm waiting for more than platitudes from our government.

I'm also waiting to hear where the National Guard is during all of this.
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Citizen Worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 04:54 AM
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13. We can expect to see millions more climate refugees throughout the world. Sadly, weather incidents
like this may indicate that the world has reached the tipping point where little can be done to reverse the change in climate. I hope not but...
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 12:12 PM
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14. 5/24 updates


The sun rises over a destroyed neighborhood in Joplin on May 24.



Ernie Darby hugs his son Davis on May 24 as they salvage what they can from the remains of their home in Joplin.



A police officer sits in his vehicle facing what is left of the high schoolin Joplin on May 23.



This Joplin neighborhood was almost completely flattened.
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