joplin tornado

Relief workers apply lessons from Joplin, in tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla.

jennifer davidson — Thu, 30 May 2013 12:56:24 +0000

If you’re in the Ozarks, it’s hard not to compare the images and stories out of Moore, Oklahoma to those from the May, 2011 Joplin tornado that killed 161 people. Jeff Nene, the spokesman for Convoy of Hope, says the similarities are distinct from a relief perspective, too, including a wide path of destruction through residential areas.

“We learned in Joplin the value of mobile distribution,” Nene said.

Mobile distribution is just like it sounds: taking food, supplies, and services out to remote sites.

Joplin Chamber delivers first fund installment to Moore, Okla.

Associated Press — Mon, 27 May 2013 21:20:42 +0000

Officials of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce have presented the first installment of a special fund for the town of Moore, Okla., following last week’s EF5 tornado that devastated the city.

The Joplin Globe reports the $20,000-dollars in donations delivered Saturday are intended to help the Moore Chamber of Commerce start its own business recovery fund.

'The longest six, seven minutes of my life': Joplin remembers

Scott Harvey — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:14:59 +0000

Two years to the day that an EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, killing 161 people, the city was greeted with near perfect weather, as thousands came out Wednesday to honor the lives of those lost, and reflect upon the continuing recovery effort.

FEMA gives Joplin deal on 2 fire engines

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:53:55 +0000

The federal government is giving the city of Joplin a deal on two fire engines it loaned the city after the 2011 tornado.

Housing reopens for third year medical students in Joplin

Katy Mersmann — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:15:00 +0000

Housing re-opened for third year medical students practicing rural medicine in Joplin Monday. The housing is part of the MU School of Medicine rural track pipeline program, which trains students to practice medicine in small, rural communities.

The Joplin arm of the program shut down in 2011, after a tornado destroyed the old living quarters.

Kathleen Quinn is the director of the rural track pipeline program at MU and she says the program helps create more doctors in rural areas, where care could be in short supply.

Mo. Senate backs $15M of aid after Joplin tornado

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:58:04 +0000

Missouri senators have endorsed a plan that could provide $15 million to Joplin to rebuild street curbs and gutters that were damaged as a result of the 2011 tornado.

The bill given initial approval Wednesday would fund disaster recovery projects by redirecting money from other areas of state government. Among the entities that would lose money are the state insurance department and an agency that helps finance health and educational facilities.

Contractor sued over Joplin tornado waste

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:06:09 +0000

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is suing a southwest Missouri company for allegedly dumping tornado waste from Joplin into an abandoned mine shaft.

Koster on Monday announced the suit against Bryan Weldon and Weldon Contractors and Construction LLC of Joplin. It alleges that Weldon dumped about 100 cubic yards of demolition waste from the 2011 Joplin tornado into an abandoned mine shaft near Neck City in Jasper County.

The suit seeks an injunction against further dumping as well as a civil penalty.

Joplin storm survivors receive keys to new home

Associated Press — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:15:54 +0000

Another family who survived the deadly Joplin tornado in May 2011 has received a new home from a Springfield-based nonprofit.

Elks Lodge demolished by tornado reopens

Associated Press — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:02:16 +0000

Members of the Joplin Elks Lodge that was destroyed in the 2011 tornado are holding a grand reopening.

The Joplin Globe reports that the lodge is holding its grand reopening Saturday, nearly 20 months after the May 2011 tornado destroyed the lodge, scores of other Joplin buildings and killed 161 people, including four people who were at the lodge.

The Elks have been meeting in a large garage on the lodge property. But with the help of insurance and donations, members broke ground on the new $2.7 million lodge a year ago.

Joplin council to consider tornado recovery plans

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:57:50 +0000

A master planner hired to guide Joplin's recovery from the deadly May 2011 tornado plans to present his first slate of projects to city elected leaders Monday night.