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  1. 05-23-2012, 12:14 #1
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    On May 22nd 2011 a F5 Tornado hit Joplin, MO

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Joplin_tornado

    I work in Insurance claims; I do investigations and settle claims. If there is a large storm I also go there to settle losses. Here are some photos from the tornado last year in Joplin MO.


    Hospital: The St John's Medical Center was at the heart of the tornado's path through the city. Hundreds of patients had to be evacuated


    The remains of this apartment block surround what was once a swimming pool


    The Home Depot do-it-yourself store was where many dead bodies were found.


    The city's Walmart superstore was barely recognisable.[/quote]
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    Holy crap!!

    Amazing what mother nature can do in a few minutes.
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    Wow!

    Scary pictures.
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    Wow that is crazy. Amazing photos
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    Chilling photos. Since you're in adjustment/claims do you know much about that Home Depot structure? Was it built to code or were some short cuts taken or did they relax their code to allow a large retailer to build on more of a budget? The reason I ask is that there had to be WAY more people in that hospital but as I recall there were many more people killed in that HD structure. As sad as it is the closet engineer within me always wondered about build quality comparison of the two buildings since it also sounds like the hospital was more of a direct hit. I don't know if you're privy to any of that but I would be curious to know.
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    No sir I don't miss living in Kansas. Not one bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
    No sir I don't miss living in Kansas. Not one bit.
    Exactly why I moved to the foothills of Colorado from Nebraska. I don't miss tornado sirens daily in the spring and fall.
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    Lived through a few bad ones as a kid. One in Iowa when I lived there for a couple years was really bad.

    Tornados are serious 'finger of god' stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
    Exactly why I moved to the foothills of Colorado from Nebraska. I don't miss tornado sirens daily in the spring and fall.
    ahhh a fellow cornhusker lol im originally from scottsbluff. have some stories of nasty tornados from my grandpa that was a wheat farmer in banner county but nothing like this one
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    Quote Originally Posted by jreifsch80 View Post
    ahhh a fellow cornhusker lol im originally from scottsbluff. have some stories of nasty tornados from my grandpa that was a wheat farmer in banner county but nothing like this one
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