ffq-lar Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Den has a friend who delivered a huge RV outfitted as a medical clinic to Joplin. He sent us these photos he took a week ago. Makes you want to hug your family and count your blessings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted June 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 one more... Judy L collected almost $12,000 for the Red Cross relief efforts. Quilters are all family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhappy Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 OMG! As awfull as that looks I am sure it still doesnt do it justice! I t has to be worse than we can imagine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyT Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 I have lots of photos similar to that when we went weekend before last. If we didn't have our GPS, there were places where we would have been lost. It definitely is a heart tugger and tear jerker to see it all. A group of quilters I sew with once a month are starting to make raffle quilts to donate the money to Joplin relief efforts. We got one top started and just lack putting borders on it to get it quilted and start raffling. We already had one quilt top donated to get started with our efforts. They are going to need help for a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyT Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Here's what was left of the JoAnn's. The picture I took of the quilt store wasn't recognizable as there was just rubble left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 So devastating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 It really is unimaginable. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 There are so many unbelievable stories both good and bad coming from all of this. The way the residents of Joplin have handled this whole situation makes me proud to say I am from southern Missouri. I just feel like these are my people. I have felt their pain and celebrated their joys right along with them. You know this is not going to be over for them for a long time. Even after Fema is gone and the televsion cameras have found something else to report on, the people of Joplin will still be in recovery. Bless everyone who given their time, money and prayers for these folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeri Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Just incredible what a few minutes of a twister can do!! One of the men at work has been down there on weekends. To begin with working search and recovery with his part time fire dept job. They weren't looking for people or bodies but body pieces. Since he has been volunterring with the clean -up. Comes in exhausted mentally and physically on Mondays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 So hard to even imagine living thru this. So much devastation fromstorms this year............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 It sure is a sad sight to see....really pulls at your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 I'll stick to the Caifornia earthquakes! Those storms scare me to death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Over in Alabama where it hit looks pretty much like Joplin. A friend of mine who lives there helped with the clean up. He said they found 3 bodies on top of the mall. It is just hard to imagine wind that powerful. So sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne in Iowa Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Those pictures just give me the chills. They look so much like our town three years ago. You never forget the smell that stayed for several days after, sawdust. I feel so much for the families that lost members. I can't imagine not knowing where they were for days. We feel fortunate that we found my inlaws so quickly. I pray that this community is able to recover like ours has. Life is forever before the tornado and since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Originally posted by Lynne in Iowa Those pictures just give me the chills. They look so much like our town three years ago. You never forget the smell that stayed for several days after, sawdust. I feel so much for the families that lost members. I can't imagine not knowing where they were for days. We feel fortunate that we found my inlaws so quickly. I pray that this community is able to recover like ours has. Life is forever before the tornado and since. Parkersburg ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne in Iowa Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April W Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Mom and I are part of a group who are making quilts and donating bags of scraps to Joplin. I'm not the one in charge so I'm not sure who we will be sending the quilts to, but I'm sure there are quilters down there that have lost everything. Six of the twenty chiropractors in Joplin lost their businesses and two of those also lost their homes. Appreciate continuing prayers for all those who live in Joplin and all the people who show up every day to help those in need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyAboutQuilting Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Wow, that is so mind-boggling! I can't even imagine where you start with the clean-up! Will continue to keep them all in my prayers. So sad.......................sure hope the bad storms are done for this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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