At least 31 confrimed dead so far in Joplin, MO area after tornadoes

[lovedforaday]

Joplin, Mo., tornado witness: 'Swath cut through town is huge'

Comments

[gretchystretchy]

My thoughts are with all of those affected by this. I've been a Kansan my whole life, so I'm no stranger to tornadoes and the devastation they can bring.

An old family friend lives in Joplin, and she hasn't updated her FB so I don't know yet if she's okay. =/

[lovedforaday]

I hope your friend is okay.

[gretchystretchy]

Thanks. She and her family are okay, though I don't know if any members of her congregation (she's a minister) are among those killed.

[mollywobbles867]

How horrible. That picture looks like a bomb went off.

[astridmyrna]

Oh man, oh man.

[fauxparadiso]

Nothing scares me more than the thought of encountering a natural disaster in the middle of the fucking night. I like to think I'd be able to keep calm and safe during the day, but if the electricity's out and I can't even see what's coming...

My thoughts are with the victims. : (

[theartema]

Nothing scares me more than the thought of encountering a natural disaster in the middle of the fucking night.

This, absolutely. I grew up in a mobile home, otherwise known as a "In case of tornado, kiss your ass goodbye". If we couldn't make it to the grocery store to have a place with a foundation to hunker down in, there were many times we thought we would have to hop the fence behind our property and duck and cover in the creek bed/ditch, because it's safer in that ditch than it is inside the mobile home. D:

[c_yo_yus]

My best friend is from Joplin. His old high school is completely leveled.

So fucking scary.