Tribute To Joplin
by Deena Stoddard
Title
Tribute To Joplin
Artist
Deena Stoddard
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a catastrophic EF5 multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, late in the afternoon of Sunday, May 22, 2011. It was part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak and reached a maximum width of nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city. It rapidly intensified and tracked eastward across the city, and then continued eastward across Interstate 44 into rural portions of Jasper County and Newton County. It was the third tornado to strike Joplin since May 1971.
Overall, the tornado killed 158 people (with an additional four indirect deaths), injured some 1,150 others, and caused damages amounting to a total of $2.8 billion. It was the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since the 1947 Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes, and the seventh-deadliest overall. It also ranks as the costliest single tornado in U.S. history.
When we arrived the next morning with our backhoe, we were utterly shocked at the extent of the damage. This flag on the ground was the only recognizable object in an otherwise giant pile of rubble. We will never forget that day.
All images © 2011-2018 Deena Stoddard ~ All Rights Reserved
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September 27th, 2013
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