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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
Being from the area and now living where I do, this whole thing has made me incredibly sad for the people of Joplin. Two years ago, we dealt with something eerily similar when Parkersburg, IA was completely leveled. And now, it happens to Joplin.
The wonderful part was how everyone pitched in to help the people of Parkersburg. Now, people are doing the same for Joplin. It's a sad, sad story and yet the willingness of people to help out others in need provides hope.
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I know it looks bad on TV and in picture, but growing up and living here, it is literally unrecognizable in a large portion of the town.
It is worse than it looks from a distance and I know it looks bad.
Not being melodramatic but trying to be honest.
The pics of the hospital (St. John's) that everyone has seen look bad. It looks like a hospital in a big open area that was hit by a tornado.
Thing is that's not a big open area, that was heavily populated with buildings etc...
There was a YMCA just west across from the hospital I have worked out at during my lunch break for probably close to 5 years that I think is gone.
It's hard to fathom.