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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2011 9:46:01 GMT -5
Take a minutes for some prayers for the people of Joplin, Missouri--hit Sunday night by a monster tornado. Much of the town totally destroyed. Eighty-nine know dead and likely to go much higher.
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Post by Randy on May 23, 2011 10:51:57 GMT -5
My mother and younger brother live near Joplin. I haven't heard from them yet.
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Post by colray on May 23, 2011 19:12:25 GMT -5
"Pray for Joplin" My first though was ...why Scott Joplin????he's long gone to God.. I didn't open the thread.. later on the radio news reports of the total destruction caused by that tornado.
This year all over the world there has been one disaster after another. lets hope 2012 is a TAD better.
pray for Joplin I will light a candle Colin
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Post by nikonbob on May 23, 2011 21:40:14 GMT -5
Randy
I hope your mom and brother are OK.
Joplin sure took one heck of a hit. I'll second hoping 2012 will be a TAD bit better for all.
Bob
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Post by photax on May 23, 2011 23:40:16 GMT -5
Randy, I also hope that your relatives are well. I have seen pictures in the TV news last night, what a terrible natural disaster.
MIK
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Post by daveh on May 24, 2011 3:41:18 GMT -5
...and I wondered if it might be about Janis Joplin. I had not really heard the news over the weekend, so I was unaware what had happened.
Some of the photos remind me of those taken in Flanders' Fields at the end of WW I: complete devastation. Even the hospital, which one would expect to have been built to withstand nature, was badly damaged it seems.
Randy, I hope your family are safe and well.
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Post by Randy on May 24, 2011 18:11:19 GMT -5
It missed them. They aren't much for communicating.
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Post by nikonbob on May 24, 2011 18:23:22 GMT -5
Randy
At least that is a load off your mind.
Bob
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 20:26:54 GMT -5
The deat6h count is now over 120. 1,500 are unaccounted for but a lot of those are probably OK. A good share of the phones are out so it's hard to communicate. Glad your kin are OK, Randy.
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Post by daveh on May 25, 2011 2:46:07 GMT -5
Randy, it's good that your mother and brother are okay.
The news for many others is less good. Hopefully all the missing 1,500 will turn up alive and well.
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Post by PeterW on May 25, 2011 5:52:52 GMT -5
Randy,
So pleased to hear that your folks near Joplin are OK.
PeterW
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Post by mickeyobe on May 25, 2011 8:54:45 GMT -5
Randy, I am glad that your mother and brother are safe.
As for the devastation wreaked on Joplin I can only wish for the best possible outcome for all its people.
Mickey
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Post by Randy on May 25, 2011 12:37:53 GMT -5
We had a tornado hit here 4 years ago. It picked up a garage and flung it, but the house less than 20 feet away was untouched. It's strange how they hit randomly. I live about 1/8 mile from Lake Erie, and we see water spouts quite often.
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