Joplin Tornado Essay

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On May 22nd, 2011 a massive tornado hit Joplin, Missouri killing 162 people and injuring 1150. With wind speeds of 322km/h, the tornado made a total cost of over $2 billion for the city. 8000 structures were destroyed, 2000 of which were homes. Many people were left homeless. The tornado held an incredible EF5 rating on the Fujita scale, measured from the amount of destruction. The tragic event lasted 38 minutes, from 5:34 pm to 6:12pm. Cool wind from the Rockies in Canada and warm wind from the gulf of Mexico formed into a supercell thunderstorm creating a tornado in Kansas. The tornado rapidly moved into Joplin and continued on its 35 km path.
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In the weeks following the tornado, the citizens and volunteers in Joplin rallied together to rebuild the community. We made the decision to put our plans on hold and offer the site for our new distribution center to the Joplin schools. It’s exciting to see how much progress has been made in Joplin over the course of the last year. We are just as excited to break ground on our new facility in the coming weeks, and we hope to call Joplin home for another 100 years," said by Drew Heenan the market unit vice-president of Coca Cola refreshments.

At first the goal was to rebuild Joplin as fast as possible. They wanted the citizens back in a safe city, living their normal daily life in the quickest way possible. Unfortunately when the city was building a few buildings small out breaks of tornadoes came destroying them. That's when it was decided that they were going to take their time to rebuild Joplin. They weren't going to focus on how the building looked, it was time to worry about a design that was going to last in the weather Joplin faces. Day by day the citizens of Joplin are working together, creating a safe new community for a better

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