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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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