Joplin Tornado (Pics)
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Topic: Joplin Tornado (Pics)
Posted By: __sneaky__
Subject: Joplin Tornado (Pics)
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 2:03am
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Well for those of you living under a rock, my hometown just had the pleasure of an EF 5 tornado. Cell phones have been all but useless, so finding people has been a logistics nightmare. Currently, there are about 1,500 people missing, 122 confirmed dead, and over 750 injuries. The tornado took out one of the major hospitals in town, blowing out all the windows, throwing medical equipment everywhere, the top floor is destroyed, oxygen tanks on fire and in danger of exploding, it's a mess. Trees, powerlines, and tons and tons of rubble made the roads all but useless. It's estimated that 30% of the city took damage, ranging from broken windows and ripped off shingles, to leaving nothing but the foundation of the house sitting on the lot. Most every public building in the city has been turned into a shelter for people who no longer have homes, or a temporary hospital to treat all of the wounded people. The one remaining hospital is turning anyone away who isn't in life threatening condition, and despite this, they are beyond capacity. Tents have been set up outside the hospital, and we are transporting patients as far away as Arkansas and Kansas City. Joplin is a pretty small city in comparison to most, we have a population of about 50,000, plus around maybe another 20,000-30,000 in the surrounding towns/areas, so its almost impossible to find someone who doesn't know someone who's died, missing, or completely lost everything they own. I've been helping the clean up effort for the past few days since sunday after the tornados stopped, and I honestly don't have words to describe some of the things I've seen. It's always bad to see things like this on TV, but standing in the middle of it is a surreal experiance. I've lived here for 20 years and I stood near an intersection today for nearly 15 minutes before I recognized where I was. Road signs are gone, powerlines are laying across homes, roads, lawns, cars, etc., I've seen cars bent in half today, semi's laying on top of buildings, honestly, the few pictures I managed to get before my cell phone died don't even begin to do the situation justice. A friend of mine saw half a body on a strecher being pulled out of a house on her way home sunday. I've been very lucky and very fortunate, my house is on the other side of the city, so we were okay. To the best of my knowledge, all my friends are alive. Many of them don't have homes, jobs, or cars anymore, but one thing that we aren't short on is volunteers and donations to help them all. Anyways, I'll get to the pictures.
I'm not going to upload all that many, mainly out of laziness, anyone interested in seeing more should search Joplin on facebook, you'll find hundreds. Again, these photos, even the before and afters, do not do any sort of justice to the feeling of standing in, and sifting through all the rubble here. But here goes...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390530/Joplin-MO-tornado-Before-photos-complete-devastation.html - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1390530/Joplin-MO-tornado-Before-photos-complete-devastation.html
I took these with my cellphone while trying to walk to a friends house.
     ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 3:17am
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Wow. I did not know you lived in Joplin. Glad you and your family are alright.
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 5:59am
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Bloody hell. I didn't realize you lived there, man. Glad you and yours made it through OK. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 9:35am
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Get the emo gloves out and start sifting rubble.
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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 10:14am
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Glad you are OK!
Yeah, it will take a while before things get back to "normal"...
As someone who lived through a F4 (Raleigh NC 1988), and watched as complete 100 foot tall trees with the root ball attached flew sideways past my window, it is shocking to see what a tornado can do firsthand.
I saw some incredible stuff back then. Weirdest thing was how one house would be GONE and the next only had a few shingles missing...
We found childrens clothing on the hangers with the tags still attached from a K-Mart that was leveled 5 miles away in our backyard. It took out almost every tree in our wooded backyard, and ended up completely leveling the church behind our house.
I still get freaked out by big storms... ------------- They tremble at my name... 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 3:38pm
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Glad to hear you're okay sneaky. Tornadoes are one of the things I don't miss about no longer living in Missouri.
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Posted By: impulse418
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 4:51pm
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That picture is awesome. I think we all realized something after Katrina. And so did the government, after they seized countless firearms from law abiding citizens. I wish you luck my friend. Hopefully you can scrounge up some walky talkies. |
Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 10:42pm
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Heres how big the tornado was... |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 8:10pm
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That was crazy man, glad you're ok. Got kinda worried when you never texted me back. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 8:13pm
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You've got to be kidding me. On top of this storm, we get to deal with WBC, and some ass-hats in congress. http://www.sdentertainer.com/news/westboro-baptist-church-thanks-god-for-joplin-victims/ - http://www.sdentertainer.com/news/westboro-baptist-church-thanks-god-for-joplin-victims/ -And- http://theweek.com/article/index/215609/the-gops-tough-stance-on-tornado-aid-heartless - http://theweek.com/article/index/215609/the-gops-tough-stance-on-tornado-aid-heartless Also: Ammolord, yeah, cell phone service here has gone to hell. It's not quite as bad at home, but calls and texts do not go through at all when you're in town. Internet is up, and a decent amount of the city has power again.
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 9:00pm
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Yeah, i figured after I got you're text sayin that it had all gone to hell. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 28 May 2011 at 7:29am
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See, that's something that bothers the balls off me with the GOP, and its contributing to my increasing desire to distance myself from it. Getting your panties all bunched up and trying to wheedle your own desires on the backs of people who are in need. Awesome. On a better note, one of the departments I used to work alongside when I was in the fire service has a few members who run a trucking company here in NY. They've set aside one of their rigs to fill with supplies and are sending it on a road trip next week. Good luck Sneaky, to you and all. I can't believe there's still 150 odd people unaccounted for. ------------- ? |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 28 May 2011 at 10:49am
This. And like I said before, if you need anything, hit me up on the FB. |
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