On May 22, 2011, at 5:41pm, an EF-5 tornado ripped through the middle of Joplin, levelling many homes, killing 161 people (at last count) and injuring many more. We were very fortunate that everyone in our family was safe, no property was lost or damaged, including our construction site. It certainly changed many aspects of life as we knew it. There are many photos and videos you can find on the web, but I have a few I want to post here that we found interesting or unusual.
My elementary school, Irving, was hit hard, and is considered to be a total loss. It is unlikely that they will rebuild on the same property due to the lack of parking and busy streets. Most of the homes and businesses in this area have been completely cleared away.
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| Irving School (where I went grades 1-6) |
This is all that remained of the Greenbriar, which was a nursing home. Wheelchairs are parked in the area that used to be the parking lot for cars. A number of residents died there, but it was amazing how many survived. Thankfully, my mother did not live there.
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| Greenbriar Nursing Home |
Sam saw the UPS man attempting to deliver a box on May 24, 2 days after the storm. We wondered what he did with the box.
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| UPS driver--What did he do with the box? |
This is a house as seen on Google Street View before the storm.
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| House at 24th & Moffet before the storm |
This is the same house after the tornado. Check out the position of the front door relative to the steps leading up to it.
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| House at 24th and Moffet after the storm |
There are also many other locations with major damage, including Mercy St. John's Hospital and the Joplin High School.
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