violent wedge in joplin 2011.wmv

22nd of may 2011 a violent tornado tore throught the town of joplin missouri, a horrible scene and one we were very lucky to get away from another min and we were in serious trouble

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[dynamicwolf]

I can see you were going south on Range line Road in this video from about 22nd street. The way the tornado went, you literally drove south out of the main damage path. Holy cow --- that’s way too close for comfort! May 21st, the day before, I had just used exit 11 on I-44 to go to St. Louis. Creepy, I had no idea the next day an EF5 would’ve went right across where I was the day before. Most of Joplin's 20th street was annihilated. My heart goes out to those people.

[TheOutlaw008]

@DNBGuRu I completely agree with you, that was 110% pure adrenaline. They were NOT in anyway cheering that Joplin was being destroyed. The cheering and the calling people idiots and all that was extreme excitement escaping their bodies the only way it could, being confined in a car, directly in front of a very deadly very powerful storm. They must have said ten times that we have got to help these people while they were in the midst of it all. Which in my mind makes them honorable.

[DNBGuRu]

@antimatter513

If they were acting this way driving down 20th AFTER the storm, thats one thing, but this is truly one of those moments in life when that is a natural reaction. I was over on 3rd behind the mall watching it, until I was hit with Insulation from a home and realized the magnitude of what was happening. Give it a rest. They are marvelling at a rare sight, not death and destruction.

[DNBGuRu]

driving down rangeline rd. there, just before Lowe's most of that is gone, and/or rebuilding, this must have been just before it came up to rangeline. wicked guys.. they were lucky.

[beatleman69]

Was that a cop hollering over a PA?

[antimatter513]

Your joviality, and laughter at this situation are truly disturbing,,at the very moment you were hollering with joy,, and calling the locals "idiots" so you could protect your own Asses,,there were individuals and families being killed and injured,,, bet you didnt help did you...your inference at the "Dickheads" makes me wish you would go back to whatever "Limey" place you came from and hang your heads in shame...... 

[halverdha1]

i'm sorry, but it kind of pisses me off on how excited you are getting, we havee tornadoees here a lot and it is not a fun thing, if you think about it, you are litterally watching people die right in front of you

[AmaRealtor37]

The city of Joplin published a book titled "32 Minutes In May," commemorating the events of that day and each of the 162 lives that were lost. I received my copy a couple months ago. It is nicely written, with a lot of pictures. Each person who died is memorialized, with a photo and description of who they were in life. I think the purchase price is around $25. and all the proceeds go toward rebuilding the city.

By the way, your video is great and frightening at the same time.

[jonasbrofan154]

Holy Bat Fart!!!

[grmishady]

I took pictures (about 150 of them) yesterday 1/19/2012. I cant post a link here but if anyone wants to see them you can go to my picasa page On picasaweb look up my page, grimshady in the album "JoplinTrailOfTears8MonthLater­20120119"