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Jopin, MO Tornadoes

MichellePeteMichellePete
in Minneapolis/St. Paul Nesties

This facebook page is so sad. 

https://www.facebook.com/joplinmo#!/joplinmo

It's interesting how social media helps in disasters and I'm glad it's there.  But man, reading those updates and those asking for help finding people is so heartbreaking.

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Re: Jopin, MO Tornadoes

  • Janell's NestJanell's Nest
    That is so rough...I can't even imagine what those people are going through and while i know we have our bouts with tornados, ours are nothing compared to what they get down there in terms of sheer size of those storms.  My heart goes out to all the communities both local and down South that have had a tough tornado season.
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  • huwehotalinghuwehotaling
    I heard on the radio that something like 89 are confirmed dead and about 75% of the town was completely wiped out. I bet there's a lot of people still missing too. So sad.
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  • jennyk213jennyk213
    Here's a video someone took in a store during the tornado. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/23/joplin-mo-tornado-video_n_865438.html
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  • MrsKizdoodleMrsKizdoodle

    imagejennyk213:
    Here's a video someone took in a store during the tornado. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/23/joplin-mo-tornado-video_n_865438.html

    Oh my gosh.  I can't even imagine...   :-( 

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  • sjb&apasjb&apa
    We have relatives in Joplin, but my mom was able to reach them this morning and they're all okay. There's a tree on top of my cousin's house, and the store her daughter works at (a WalMart I think?) is completely gone. Lots of clean up for everyone ahead, but they're all safe, so that was wonderful news!
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  • littlemissfliplittlemissflip

    Oh my god. That video was the most terrifying thing I've ever heard.

    I'm even more grateful that everyone I know (in Mpls and in MO) are safe and sound, but my heart goes out to all who lost their homes, their town, their loved ones, their lives... 

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  • brifox711brifox711

    OMG, I couldn't even listen to the whole thing!  I feel so horrible for everyone in that town, I cannot even imagine what they are going through right now.

    Randy knew the 2nd guy that died in Minneapolis (he was his grandma's deceased fiance's son, so he didn't know him very well).  Apparently he was out clearing trees the day after the tornado and collapsed.  They think it was a heart attack or aneurysm, but they're not sure.  I think they are going to do an autopsy.  He was only 53. Sad

    It still seems so crazy to me that there was a tornado in the city. 

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