Monthly Archives: May 2014

Three Year Anniversary of May 22, 2011 Joplin Tornado

It’s been 3 years since the May 22, 2011 EF-5 tornado left a 7-mile long gash in the city of Joplin, over 5000 buildings destroyed, and 158 people dead. Two years after the storm, the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE … Continue reading

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A Symbol of Resilience

Before and after image of Mercy Hospital Joplin (Courtesy of Yahoo! News) The former Mercy Hospital Joplin in the Southwest part of the city, stood as a iconic testimony to the intensity of one the most deadly tornadoes in U.S. … Continue reading

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44th Anniversary of 1970 Lubbock Tornado

This week we remember the massive tornado that tore through Lubbock, Texas on May 11th 1970, leaving 26 dead, $1.48 billion (in 2013 dollars) in damages, and dozens of homes and businesses destroyed. This event behaved as a sad, but … Continue reading

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Glaring Weak Links

John Lewis is a meteorologist stationed at the Little Rock, Arkansas National Weather Service office. In his article, “No EF5 This Time: Anchor Bolts Not Detected in Most Construction,” posted May 3rd, Lewis points to a major engineering advancement in … Continue reading

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