I haven't posted here in quite some time, and to be honest I was surprised to find that my account was still good!
I wasn't sure where else to post this, so I figured "Nature & Landscapes" would be the most appropriate, since this is in regards to what nature can DO to the landscapes.
Slideshow On Youtube (720p HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnN_Us-uNWQ
(Photos at the bottom)
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-613417
Kent Frost via iReport CNN wrote:
="Kent Frost via iReport CNN"]These images were taken by myself (Kent Frost) and my girlfriend, Carolyn Jacobs in Joplin, Missouri on Wednesday May 25, 2011.
In the days following the EF-5 tornado that carved a 1-mile by 6-mile scar across the face of Joplin, Carolyn and I, who live 70 miles away in Springfield, Missouri, gathered as many supplies and donations as possible to take them to some friends of ours, as well as any donations for anyone else in the area. The full collection of images gathered the day we went will give a tour of the damage done to the inside and outside of our friends' house, Joplin on 20th St, Michigan Avenue, 18th St, and an area neighborhood near St. John's Hospital, which was also hit but this monstrous tornado.
To view the full gallery, visit the following link:
https://www.facebook.com …16497.301274.164635606496
http://www.facebook.com …16497.301274.164635606496
We arrived in the early afternoon, and expected to see damage actually from Interstate 44 as we approached Rangeline Road. To our surprise, however, we discovered that it looked relatively close to how it always had, plus a few added pieces of debris that had been carried by the storm from the tornado's footprint (the area where it left a physical path on the ground). We stopped at a hotel on Rangeline and 36th St. to coordinate via text with our friends who we came to help. As we continued up Rangeline we turned off onto 29th St to see if we could possibly cut around and get up to the part of town where they live. In the process, we found ourselves on 20th St., where a very large portion of the damage is, and It was a bit eerie how we came upon all of it. As we began noticing home damage along the road we were driving, we came to a stop sign, turned the corner, and it was as if we had driven up to Hiroshima.
I have never, personally, seen anything like this. Photos, videos, words....none of those things can possibly describe the level of outright destruction this city endured. I suppose the numbers reported to the public simply don't sink in until you're standing right in the middle of it.I kept having to tell myself, "One mile by six miles of this destruction. A tornado did this. This is insane." The kind of damage we're used to from tornadoes can usually be described in terms of a few blocks wide at most, not miles. To me, this defies common sense and logic. This seems to compare more to the kind of havoc earthquakes can wreak.
For more information on what you can do to help those in need in Joplin, Missouri, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/joplinmo
http://convoyofhope.org …try/joplin_needs_our_help
http://www.redcross.org/
="Kent Frost via iReport CNN"]These images were taken by myself (Kent Frost) and my girlfriend, Carolyn Jacobs in Joplin, Missouri on Wednesday May 25, 2011.
In the days following the EF-5 tornado that carved a 1-mile by 6-mile scar across the face of Joplin, Carolyn and I, who live 70 miles away in Springfield, Missouri, gathered as many supplies and donations as possible to take them to some friends of ours, as well as any donations for anyone else in the area. The full collection of images gathered the day we went will give a tour of the damage done to the inside and outside of our friends' house, Joplin on 20th St, Michigan Avenue, 18th St, and an area neighborhood near St. John's Hospital, which was also hit but this monstrous tornado.
To view the full gallery, visit the following link:
https://www.facebook.com …16497.301274.164635606496
http://www.facebook.com …16497.301274.164635606496
We arrived in the early afternoon, and expected to see damage actually from Interstate 44 as we approached Rangeline Road. To our surprise, however, we discovered that it looked relatively close to how it always had, plus a few added pieces of debris that had been carried by the storm from the tornado's footprint (the area where it left a physical path on the ground). We stopped at a hotel on Rangeline and 36th St. to coordinate via text with our friends who we came to help. As we continued up Rangeline we turned off onto 29th St to see if we could possibly cut around and get up to the part of town where they live. In the process, we found ourselves on 20th St., where a very large portion of the damage is, and It was a bit eerie how we came upon all of it. As we began noticing home damage along the road we were driving, we came to a stop sign, turned the corner, and it was as if we had driven up to Hiroshima.
I have never, personally, seen anything like this. Photos, videos, words....none of those things can possibly describe the level of outright destruction this city endured. I suppose the numbers reported to the public simply don't sink in until you're standing right in the middle of it.I kept having to tell myself, "One mile by six miles of this destruction. A tornado did this. This is insane." The kind of damage we're used to from tornadoes can usually be described in terms of a few blocks wide at most, not miles. To me, this defies common sense and logic. This seems to compare more to the kind of havoc earthquakes can wreak.
For more information on what you can do to help those in need in Joplin, Missouri, please visit the following links:
http://www.facebook.com/joplinmo
http://convoyofhope.org …try/joplin_needs_our_help
http://www.redcross.org/
Full Gallery:
https://www.facebook.com …16497.301274.164635606496
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