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2. I worked with someone who lived through that.

Mon May 20, 2013, 08:34 PM

May 2013

They said they never saw anything like it-until Joplin.

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My God! Today is the 56th anniversary of the Ruskin Heights Tornado. [View all] El Supremo May 2013 OP

The death toll here will be double or triple that one malaise May 2013 #1

Looks like it might not! Which is great! n-t Logical May 2013 #26

I worked with someone who lived through that. xmas74 May 2013 #2

I never saw it. El Supremo May 2013 #3

That was the smart place to be. xmas74 May 2013 #14

Speaking of.. loyalsister May 2013 #5

Doesn't seem like it, does it? xmas74 May 2013 #11

Exactly loyalsister May 2013 #16

Our church went down to work. xmas74 May 2013 #20

Absolutely loyalsister May 2013 #22

I never dropped off of the "restore Joplin" email list loyalsister May 2013 #23

I'll check later today. xmas74 May 2013 #24

I was a couple of blocks from the path. chieftain May 2013 #6

I ws much farther away in Johnson County, Kansas. El Supremo May 2013 #8

Walt? n-t Logical May 2013 #9

Yup REP May 2013 #10

Here he is at Ruskin Heights REP May 2013 #17

Wow, great photo! Much harder back in those days. n-t Logical May 2013 #18

Local legend. xmas74 May 2013 #13

I got some funny Walt stories ... REP May 2013 #19

I do remember that! xmas74 May 2013 #21

So sorry about that, man. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #15

When I was younger, I lived in Ruskin Heights in the 70's justiceischeap May 2013 #25