While we were on our way home from our all-day run, Joplin, Missouri (as well as a couple of Oklahoma communities) were flattened by a huge (possibly an F5) tornado. From the pictures (these two borrowed from Google), it looked like a huge lawn mower had ran over the town. It is reported that a half mile wide swatch 6 miles long was demolished.
The latest death count just in Joplin is 116 lives lost--as of 3:30 pm Monday. I have always been fascinated by the weather--storm clouds, thunder and lightning, and yes--tornadoes. But this beast of a storm was intent on taking lives. The lives lost combined with the lives persecuted is enormous, and sad. I sit here wondering what I can do. Pray? Well of course. But how can I help?
While we were on our way home from our all-day run, Joplin, Missouri (as well as a couple of Oklahoma communities) were flattened by a huge (possibly an F5) tornado. From the pictures (these two borrowed from Google), it looked like a huge lawn mower had ran over the town. It is reported that a half mile wide swatch 6 miles long was demolished.
The latest death count just in Joplin is 116 lives lost--as of 3:30 pm Monday. I have always been fascinated by the weather--storm clouds, thunder and lightning, and yes--tornadoes. But this beast of a storm was intent on taking lives. The lives lost combined with the lives persecuted is enormous, and sad. I sit here wondering what I can do. Pray? Well of course. But how can I help?
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