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Joplin, Missouri Officials Say At Least 89 Dead In Tornado (title change)
News 6 ^ | 5/22/11 | na

Posted on 05/22/2011 8:01:08 PM PDT by GailA

JOPLIN, Missouri -- A tornado ravaged parts of Joplin Sunday, killing at least 24 people as the powerful storm took out hundreds of homes and businesses.

Jasper County Emergency Management Director Keith Stammer says a tornado hit the St. John's Regional Medical Center on the city's south side

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: hospital; joplin; mo; tornado
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lots of damage to hospital!
1 posted on 05/22/2011 8:01:11 PM PDT by GailA
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To: GailA

Live scanner at http://ht.ly/50nfb


2 posted on 05/22/2011 8:02:21 PM PDT by DakotaRed (Why not just pass a law requiring criminals to obey the laws?)
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To: GailA

Prayers up!


3 posted on 05/22/2011 8:02:37 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Expect that number to increase as body bags show up to be ID’ed.


4 posted on 05/22/2011 8:07:14 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: GailA

Excellent coverage on TWC on cable TV. A storm chaser arrived minutes after it hit.


5 posted on 05/22/2011 8:12:20 PM PDT by TaMoDee (GO PACK GO to Super Bowl XLVI)
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To: GailA

This is not good!
I hate this type of weather!


6 posted on 05/22/2011 8:13:18 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: GailA

So many good communities are being destroyed this year.


7 posted on 05/22/2011 8:14:01 PM PDT by dog breath
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To: GailA

The Sun is giving us a minor variation right now. Prayers for those people and their families.


8 posted on 05/22/2011 8:15:32 PM PDT by allmost
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To: rovenstinez

Looting being reported on the scanner.


10 posted on 05/22/2011 8:16:15 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Now I have to pay my bills since we are still here after the 21st. Just darn.)
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To: DakotaRed

Looting reports coming in on the scanner now.


11 posted on 05/22/2011 8:16:47 PM PDT by balch3
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To: TaMoDee

TWC reporting - could have been a mile wide!

Just Wow!


12 posted on 05/22/2011 8:17:39 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: GailA

Oh no....prayers for all.


13 posted on 05/22/2011 8:19:21 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Why are we all posting in the future? Or is it just me - FReep time off?


14 posted on 05/22/2011 8:19:56 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: GailA

There’s been a thread running on this story for a couple of hours:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2723537/posts


15 posted on 05/22/2011 8:21:42 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Capital punishment is pro-life.)
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To: balch3

Looting? What time did the Tornado hit?


16 posted on 05/22/2011 8:21:52 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: GailA

I would appreciate prayers for my niece, who was injured - possibly seriously. Very difficult to get information. All other family safe and accounted for, finally.


17 posted on 05/22/2011 8:22:18 PM PDT by labette ( Humble student of Thinkology)
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To: GailA

See Also: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2723537/posts


18 posted on 05/22/2011 8:23:44 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: labette
"Very difficult to get information."

Little to no info from the national media.

19 posted on 05/22/2011 8:26:24 PM PDT by AGreatPer (Now I have to pay my bills since we are still here after the 21st. Just darn.)
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To: dog breath

A lot of Meth labs in Meth Capitol of the USA are being reported as destroyed.


20 posted on 05/22/2011 8:27:04 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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