Storm in Joplin, MO

[78KW]

Here was the scene in the lot of the Flying J in Joplin. It's just 35 miles North of my home. We were lucky. Just some roof damage.

[Deleted]

Wow! That's ugly!

[bitner1970]

Unbelievable!

[Bri]

The hospital looked even worse down there. This weather is definitely out of the norm. Rumor from another site is that the Chrome Shop Mafia's shop was destroyed as well. Not sure how true that might be....

[bandit1]

checked there site out and i didnt see anything but a busy work on the site for customer trucks!

[bandit1]

May 24, 2011 18:15:22 GMT -5 bandit1 said:

checked there site out and i didnt see anything but a busy work on the site for customer trucks!

well i just checked it out and it looks like csm headquarters was never touched!

www.landlinemag.com/Special_Reports/2011/May/052311-BusinessStunned.shtml

[fleming49]

glad to hear you and yours are all fine my wife has a cousin who lives in pierce cityand we have not heard from them yet so ihope all of you in Mo. keep safe and will pray for those who are in need Larry

[78KW]

The storm entered MO North of exit 4, where 4 states, the Petro, Pilot, and the Love's are located. It then seemed to turn East. If you're familiar with Joplin, Range Line RD which is Business 71(I 44 exit 8), had most businesses destroyed. A Super Wal Mart was reduced to 2 partial walls from one pic I saw. KW, which is across the highway from Flying J, is gone. ConWay TruckLoad(formerly CFI) took a hit too. Building damage, and some lost equipment. They're about a mile and a half from the Flying J.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes.

[78KW]

Check out this link. Speedco, which does oil changes right next to the J, was hit, too.

www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewsingleimage.html?mode=singleimage&handle=idzrvit&number=3246&album_id=612&thumbstart=0&gallery=#slideanchor