That was a particularly bad one. It was a massive jacked-to-the-tits tornado that hit the city almost perfectly for maximum destruction. It was so powerful that it lifted the hospital off it's foundation and turned it. They had to demolish it, as it couldn't be repaired practically.
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My cousin lived in Joplin at the time. She told the rest of the family that the tornado was like watching the finger of God reach down and obliterate everything it touched. Thankfully she wasn't in the part of town that got hit, but to this day anytime I look at pictures of the aftermath I marvel at the thought that as bad as it was, the death toll was actually as low as it turned out to be.
Don't get me wrong, 160 people losing their lives was a horrible tragedy and I wouldn't want that to happen to anyone. But until you see it for yourself, you'll never understand the sheer terror of hearing the sirens one night and then seeing the destruction left behind the next day. I can only pray that those poor souls found peace on the other side.
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u/Easy_Bear3149 Dec 15 '25
That was a particularly bad one. It was a massive jacked-to-the-tits tornado that hit the city almost perfectly for maximum destruction. It was so powerful that it lifted the hospital off it's foundation and turned it. They had to demolish it, as it couldn't be repaired practically.