JOPLIN MISSOURI TORNADO FACTS MOVIE
JOPLIN MISSOURI TORNADO FACTS FREE

Looking back, I was foolish – Very, very foolish. Nothing’s happening.” I was so lost in my own self-righteous indignation that these sirens were somehow interrupting my progress with dinner. I looked at the sky and it was a soft grey. ⁣While the sirens were sounding, I stepped out of my front door, which was right on Connecticut Street.

JOPLIN MISSOURI TORNADO FACTS MOVIE

It’s sorta like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” only this time the wolf was real and it came in the shape of an ominous black cloud that must have resembled the size of God’s finger (to borrow a line from the movie Twister).⁣ People simply didn’t heed them because we were used to things never transpiring. Over time, this ultimately bred a universal lack of attention to warnings. The problem is, the sirens simply sounded all too often, and usually without serious merit. Being smack dab in tornado alley, we are used to high winds and the potential threat of severe weather. Sirens and their use were a commonplace occurrence in our town.

See, that’s something that people who aren’t from Joplin have to understand. A few seconds later, the sirens began to sound. It’s amazing to look back at how wrong we were about that and how the weather can truly turn at a moment’s notice, or without notice at all.⁣īack at our home, I was hard at work, frying up some bacon and prepping the grill for burgers and hotdogs when the lights flickered slightly. The humidity was absolutely out of control, but the sun was shining down on everything, giving the day an auspicious feel. I can remember Whit and I taking a trip to Walmart that afternoon. It was a warm, humid day and we knew that a number of severe storms were firing off in Eastern Kansas, but I don’t believe anyone had any idea of what was eventually coming for our modest hometown. It’s hard to believe that eight years ago on this very day Whit and I were preparing a dinner for my mother, stepdad, sister, and brother-in-law at our home on 28th and Connecticut in Joplin, Missouri.

JOPLIN MISSOURI TORNADO FACTS FREE

Feel free to cycle through the photos, then take a moment to read my story. So long, in fact, that I will be breaking up my words and including them in the comments as well as the caption. Whitney and Aaron's story speaks for itself. The audio portion is read by Karina from VLES designs. We personally know them as the extraordinary wedding photographers of our daughter's wedding, not as survivors.then we read their Instagram post. Whitney and Aaron survived the Joplin, Missouri tornado in 2011.

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