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Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« on: May 22, 2011, 08:31:36 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlFs7iEg5UQ[/youtube]

A large multi-vortex tornado hit Joplin Sunday evening and caused heavy damage as the city took a direct hit.

Several media reports said that numerous buildings along Rangeline Road, Highways 37 and 96 were demolished.

Another media report stated that St. John's Hospital was hit directly, along with a Walgreens, Home Depot and several other locations.

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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2011, 08:38:10 PM »
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2011, 08:57:23 PM »
so scary
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2011, 09:09:46 PM »
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfE6wGceA_A&feature=player_embedded#at=48[/youtube]
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2011, 09:11:22 PM »
Joplin, MO Walmart:




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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2011, 09:16:41 PM »
« Last Edit: May 23, 2011, 02:23:26 AM by Thor »
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2011, 09:34:59 PM »
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2011, 10:01:57 PM »
Stay safe everyone in that area. Saw on the weather channel that the monster has headed east, worried about family and friends in Missouri.

Those pictures of the hospital and WalMart are terrifying. Prayers for everyone there.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2011, 10:04:23 PM »
Several reports of looting in eastern Joplin.  Way to stay classy, guys. ::)
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2011, 10:36:34 PM »
Somewhat unusually, it headed ESE from Joplin and so bruxhed by a bit to the south of me, a thin but intense band of thunderstorms was all that hit here.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2011, 12:09:24 AM »
Here's a slideshow of pictures.  Looks like the high school and hospital got hit pretty hard.

http://www.kctv5.com/slideshow/news/27985484/detail.html
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2011, 12:23:15 AM »
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2011, 12:30:16 AM »
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Gunshots, Looting Reported in Mpls.

Leave it to Fuxnews to play up what's most likely an isolated incident or two. North Mpls is largley a minority community and this fits right in to their agenda.
 
freshwest   (1000+ posts)           Sun May-22-11 11:45 PM
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1. I'd never heard anything negative about MN until the evil GOP had their 2008 convention there.   
   
They blight every place they go.
 
midnight   (1000+ posts)           Mon May-23-11 12:02 AM
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3. Exactly.

myrna minx   (1000+ posts)             Mon May-23-11 12:00 AM
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2. Wow - people in Uptown wouldn't be treated like this.
   
How is it that the good people in N Mpls are treated like this? hm?
 
Raschel (1000+ posts)         Mon May-23-11 12:07 AM
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4. Well they did have a store owner on who said he was cleaned out. Money,
   
shelves emptied, liquor, cigarettes. Sad for the decent people that live their.

They have their hands full fighting shootings in their neigborhood, and now they're victimized twice.
 
TimLighter (84 posts)           Mon May-23-11 12:38 AM
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5. Keep in mind that in Minnesota you can't buy booze on Sunday
   
And if I'd survived a storm like that I might be tempted to "borrow" a jug or 2 of whiskey from a blown out store.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4859836

That's the whole thread.

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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2011, 02:24:55 AM »
North Minneapolis is a shit hole, pretty much.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2011, 05:00:53 AM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on May 22, 2011, 10:04:23 PM
Several reports of looting in eastern Joplin.  Way to stay classy, guys. ::)

Hope they get a dose of lead poisoning.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2011, 05:15:46 AM »
There are several Facebook pages about this, that I know of:
http://www.facebook.com/joplinmo
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joplin-Tornado-Citizen-Checks-neighbors-helping-neighbors/173486139376210
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joplin-people-accounted-for-after-the-storm/213004115400930

If you are concerned about anyone, these may help. Also hearing that text messages are going through where cell calls can't.  My husband got an answer from his cousin last night by text, very grateful he's OK...he works at the hospital that was damaged so badly.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2011, 05:43:41 AM »
89 reported dead and they expect a lot more.   Horrible.  Praying for the families affected by this.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2011, 05:57:09 AM »
they are saying 89 killed in Joplin, how horrible

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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2011, 06:24:38 AM »
A lovely, absolutely benign post by a new DUmbazz seeking cred:

CrackerSmacker (1 posts)     Mon May-23-11 06:12 AM
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Gee, no wonder GOD is rampaging through the south with Floods and Tornados. He either hates racism or folks who vote Republican. Pat Robertson will tell you that (like Katrina in New Orleans) GOD must be punishing people for thier evil lifestyle, or does that only pertain to black communities? Has anyone heard from PAT lately? I'm sure this must be retibution for something, Right PAT?  http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1156646
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2011, 06:37:07 AM »
Heartbreaking for that little girl. I bet she is so scared

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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2011, 07:55:37 AM »
Quote from: Gina on May 23, 2011, 06:37:07 AM
Heartbreaking for that little girl. I bet she is so scared



Extremely difficult to absorb this for us who live in the far North East.    We have a few days warning when a hurricane may or may not hit, but this stuff coming at a minutes notice is terrifying,


We have had just a couple of Iconic Bursts that have leaveled trees and taken out homes in the last few years, perhaps 4 people have died from these ,what ever, but we have been graced with even the worse hurricane doing much less then the damage these tornado's in the mid west have done.

The pictures look like the area was hit with an atom bomb.   Same idea, people out of their homes at work, shopping or on the road have no idea what is about to hit them.

Darn, we need people that can build geodesic domes, or homes built semi in ground out there.   We have plenty of these homes in New Hampshire and Maine and they are more energy efficient then the 2 story homes any where else in the country.

I drove through Nebraska years ago and have never forgotten the feeling of being unprotected.         

As long as we have this weather pattern in the mid west time to rebuild in a manor that goes with the protective idea, this may no happen again for 10 years, but when it does, best not live in a mobile trailer or in a above ground 2 story home.


Wizard of Oz the family had a storm cellar, not too many of them left in a trailer park.


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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2011, 08:34:48 AM »
Quote from: whiffleball on May 23, 2011, 06:24:38 AM
A lovely, absolutely benign post by a new DUmbazz seeking cred:

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3. South Hates Obama?
   
Gee, no wonder GOD is rampaging through the south with Floods and Tornados. He either hates racism or folks who vote Republican. Pat Robertson will tell you that (like Katrina in New Orleans) GOD must be punishing people for thier evil lifestyle, or does that only pertain to black communities? Has anyone heard from PAT lately? I'm sure this must be retibution for something, Right PAT?  http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1156646

This stupid piece of shit seems to be blissfully unaware that Joplin is a rather liberal city with a large gay community in otherwise-deep-Red territory.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2011, 08:59:14 AM »
Joplin tends liberal, but I don't know about a large gay community.

Be that as it may, fatalities are expected to reach or exceed 100 in the Joplin/Carthage area. We didn't have tornadoes here in Shell Knob (east of Joplin), but driving home last night, I got caught up in some estimated 60mph straight line wind about 7:30pm on 39hwy in Shell Knob.
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2011, 09:02:24 AM »
So sad.  Joplin has always been for me the "almost there" place.  Driving to Osceola from Texas, we knew we were almost there when we got to Joplin.  Prayers for the survivors. 
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Re: Joplin, MO Pounded By Tornados
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2011, 09:26:45 AM »
'Large' is relative, marv.  Please don't go around asking all the people over 6' tall if they're straight or not.
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