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Originally Posted by Halfcan
I was in Joplin today. You can watch videos of it and look at pics, but when you see first hand the damage it is beyond words.
Cars crushed like beer cans, semi trucks ripped to shreads, buildings and houses on top of other houses. Mountains of debris, giant piles of metal twisted and wrapped around poles.
The death toll will be over 500 when they are done.
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I thought the same thing. The death toll should be over 1,000. There were 8,000 homes and 1,000 businesses destroyed, including places like Wal Mart, Home Depot, Academy Sports, etc, that were leveled and we're only at 140 deaths is unbelievable. But, I know a lot of people in this town and I've only personally known 3 people that died. I find that amazing.
I don't know how many stories I've heard of people riding it out in bath tubs or by clutching toilets or water heaters. Then you look at their house and those were the only remaining structures.