Joplin, Missouri Officials Say At Least 89 Dead In Tornado (title change)

News 6 ^ | 5/22/11 | na

[GailA]

JOPLIN, Missouri -- A tornado ravaged parts of Joplin Sunday, killing at least 24 people as the powerful storm took out hundreds of homes and businesses.

Jasper County Emergency Management Director Keith Stammer says a tornado hit the St. John's Regional Medical Center on the city's south side

[LdSentinal]

Prayers for the complete recovery for your niece.

[DakotaRed]

I hard. They ought to shoot the looters and then get back to rescuing.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[balch3]

late afternoon, I believe.

[Uri’el-2012]

Thank you Obama,
for putting your finger
in the Apple of G-d's eye.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[EternalVigilance]

Definitely praying for your niece, and for all.

[Dallas59]

Photos

[MplsSteve]

“A lot of Meth labs in Meth Capitol of the USA are being reported as destroyed.”

Joplin has a bad rep for meth production? Wow, I didn’t know that.

[GailA]

PING

[Red_Devil 232]

Oh yes prayers for your niece!

[AGreatPer]

Looting at the Flying J. That is a truck stop. What the heck?

[GailA]

NY Time photos http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/us/23tornado.html

[GailA]

Didn’t come up with I searched.

[Allegra]

Prayers up for your niece.

[ransomnote]

Prayers up for your niece.

[GailA]

Usually the way it is in these type situations. Cell towers go down along with phone poles.

Might try to google Ham Radio clubs for that area. Hams help out in these situations. Last line of communications.

Hospital

[TaMoDee]

Yup! In that part of the country that tornaadee is called a “good’en”. When the storm chaser broke down a few minutes into the broadcast he was close to a car tha was a ball of metal. I felt that he saw what was left of a person(s) in the car.

[DakotaRed]

There would be overturned trucks and torn open trailers filled with various goods.

Shoot the looters on sight.

People are trapped, injured and dying and all they can think of is stealing what they can get?

Shoot them.

[Dallas59]

Agreed

[dog breath]

I have only been to Joplin Missouri once to visit a friend who had moved there. I do understand as you mentioned that it has assorted serious historical and current problems but my friend was a good Christian man. I know there are other good people there and a community struggling to survive. I will pray for them all.