I love it… the other day one of my friends gave me this bracelet. Then she’s like now are you going to blog about it. ha! Anyway There are a lot of people doing things to try and help raise money to rebuild Joplin. And the previous paragraph, here is one of them, the LiveStrong…
Our company is large enough here that we have the Community Blood Center come to us. I’ve never given blood. I’m scared to death of needles. I bruise every time I get poked with a needle for whatever they are doing… So I just stay clear of needles… However… With the recent tornado that hit,…
These photos were taken last night. I’ve also heard many many stories and it is upsetting that people are Price Gouging and trying to take advantage of these people who have lost everything. A bunch of people banded together to just go help people dig out, but then there are those who were charging $500…
**I originally had this scheduled to post on Saturday because I’m sure a lot of you are tired of reading about the tornado that hit Joplin, especially now because they are going rampant all over the country and just yesterday hit Springfield, Massachusetts. My heart goes out to those folks too! I heard on the…
I found this on the mercy.net website. This is from an ER doctor that experienced the tornado first at at St. John’s Regional Medical Center, part of the Mercy Hospital Group. (the above link takes you to this same wording down below, I just wanted to share) 45 Seconds: Memoirs of an ER Doctor from…
… Just how awesome of a company I work for!! So we are mainly the components people. We make parts that we sell to other sectors and they make the finished product. Very seldom do we actually put out the finished product, but in some cases we do. We manufacture parts that are found in…
**Update 5/30/11 – They found his body in a pond. Here is a newslink that explains it.** **Update, I found a link to the NY Times that explains a little more about him****Although I wish the update was news they found him. continue to pray!!!** There are a bunch of people still missing from Sunday’s…
I just have to share this with you. It is the most heartfelt thing I can imagine. Last night on the radio they announced that the Carthage Senior High class of 2011 had raised $10,000 for Project Graduation, but they have decided to donate their Project Grad money to the City of Joplin after that…
The tornado spanned 6 miles long and was guessed to be 1/2 mile across. So far the death toll is at 89 people. Homes are gone, businesses are gone, and the real kicker, we have another line of sever weather headed our way right now. In fact we are in a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and…
***update: here is an official picture of the path*** **My drawing, and it’s a smidge off, it never went down 32nd St until closer to Flyin’ J** (click on the photo to make it bigger) If you can picture this……… (the squiggly line is the track of the tornado) Joplin North to South streets are…