flytyer57 Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 I'm not one for prayer, but my thoughts go out to all of the people affected by this storm. There's a fine line between fishing and sitting there looking stupid.
Danoinark Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 Prayerful thoughts! Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
ollie Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 I'm in Neosho and we didn't get hit except for heavy rains. My wife works at St. Johns, but thankfully she wasn't scheduled for last night. At least 25-30% of the town is now gone. They are saying now that it was a F-4 that came through. The high school is gone, Academy Sports, Home Depot, and the Wal-Mart are all pretty much gone. My wife is heading up there tonight because she was scheduled tonight, butshe has no idea what she will be doing. All the patients at St. Johns were transfered to other hospitals so she doesn't really have a clue about her job. Keep those in prayers please. Thanks and oh yea, the death toll is now at 89. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
Brian K. Shaffer Posted May 23, 2011 Author Posted May 23, 2011 This is just incomprehensible. Possibly an EF4... Please keep these guys in your hearts. Just once I wish a trout would wink at me! ozarkflyfisher@gmail.com I'm the guy wearing the same Simms longbilled hat for 10 years now.
emjay Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 116 deaths confirmed. I seen some pictures and damage is unreal.
Tim Smith Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 116 deaths confirmed. I seen some pictures and damage is unreal. Unreal indeed. I assumed this was just a bad storm until I got online and looked. I've been through tornados and even seen them wipe out small towns, but none of that was even close to this this.
ollie Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 Wife got home this morning from Memorial Hall where she was helping last night. Said she had never seen EMS men cry like that before. She was telling me 120 were confirmed dead last night but not sure if that was just hearsay or not. She came home pretty sad and traumatized herself after helping those in need. You know it is pretty bad when GMA is there with Diane Sawyer reporting on it. Wife also said an engineer told them they would rebuild the hospital as soon as they could. I'm afraid now it will be more of a body recover than a rescue. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
denjac Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 Church where my son Jason and his wife were married. Pretty well says it all. Dennis Boothe Joplin Mo. For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." ~ Winston Churchill ~
ollie Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 Is that what's left of St. Pauls? It's hard for me to tell which church that was. Glad to see you check in Denjac. "you can always beat the keeper, but you can never beat the post" There are only three things in life that are certain : death, taxes, and the wind blowing at Capps Creek!
Buzz Posted May 24, 2011 Posted May 24, 2011 I was in Joplin when the tornado sirens went off. The radio said the tornado was heading down 32nd street, which is where we were, so we headed north along Rangeline. We didn't know that we were actually heading right into its path,it was coming straight toward us. We managed to get ahead of the storm and out of it's path. We did have another big scare. Our granddaughter was staying with her father who lived on 26th street when the tornado went through. We could not get in touch with them so my wife and I took off to look for them. I have to say that I have never seen anything like this before in my life. We ended up on Main street just trying to go south. From Walgreens south it looked like a nuclear bomb had gone off. Landmarks were gone. No buildings standing more than a couple of feet high. Piles of rubble and smashed cars along what used to be a busy city street. Less than 2 hours after the tornado had totally destroyed a huge portion of the city, portable triag units had been set up and were treating the walking wounded. Others were being transported by people who had voluteered to take them to the hospital and Memorial Hall. Unspeakable destruction. We were in shock at what we witnessed. We were only able to get to within 2 blocks of where our granddaughter was staying and with out a flashlight we could get no further. We decided to go back to our daughters house and wait. After starting out at 8:00PM we got back to her house at about 11:00PM to find our granddaughter had been taken there by her school principle. Minor cuts and bruises were her only injuries. Her father suffered many more injuries because when the storm hit he covered her with his body, most likely saving her life, when the roof and ceiling collapsed with some landing on his back. He is still in the hospital but is doing good. Had I not seen the destruction for myself I would never have believed it. The photos don't do justice to what happened here in Joplin. My home has been without electricity since the storm or I would have posted something sooner. As of today help is pouring in from all corners. Thanks to all who have helped by donating supplies and labor. If fishing was easy it would be called catching.
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