I spent last Saturday night tracking a couple different nasty storm cells and watching wall clouds and even a tornado being broadcast live on the news as I hunkered down at a graduation party while the weather rode it’s course through the area. Sunday presented itself as lovely and sunny and I spent most of the afternoon outdoors… which is why the tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri, early Sunday evening was such a big surprise to me. I could have never imagined the kind of destruction that I have been seeing in the photos following that storm.
If you’d like to join in relief efforts, visit this Facebook page for lots of information and suggestions: http://www.facebook.com/joplinmo
There are several ways to donate. United Way is very simple to do with Paypal: http://www.uwheartmo.org/