My sister and her family are working triage in one of the make-shift medical units (in the high school I attended). She said patients from the hospital that was hit are coming there. They are without power and still have not seen all the photos and videos of devastation the rest of the country has seen. The city has turned off all the gas (which is what runs most of my mom's house) and there is a boil order. So I'm worried about her - she's almost 90 and lives alone. One of my sisters is going to get her tomorrow and make her stay with her. Then she is flying out here to AZ on Thursday with my other sister.
I am just heartbroken as I see the many buildings and landmarks I grew up with now in shambles or completely gone. Some of my lifelong friends have lost their houses and we still have friends unaccounted for. One Catholic church has been demolished, with only it's giant cross still standing.
I have a trip scheduled to go Joplin in June, so I guess I'll be seeing some of this for myself.
