360 panorama of Joplin tornado damage

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

It looks like the remains of the hospital are about the only thing left in the neighborhood
http://occip.it/pt51c7s3

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Great, heartbreaking panorama...

Recommended.

[katanalori]

2. SOS

Hotline established for medical personnel who can travel to Joplin, Missouri following tornado. Call [phone].

[underseasurveyor]

3. Wow that looks like F5 destruction

Stripped and scoured.

Feels very helpless sitting here so far away. Very scary and so sad :-(

[hlthe2b]

4. Wow... Impressive in a very sad way...

[kestrel91316]

5. Streets blocked with debris, remaining streets impassable, it's a mess

being reported on the EMS radio feed.

Fairview Christian Church in Carthage is taking in people who need shelter.

Sounds like a lot of difficulty in communications, police and EMS asking again and again for dispatch to repeat, lots of static and people talking over each other.

Massive problems with traffic in areas supposedly blocked off.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

6. I can only see the view to the North

Wonder if I need some other software or something. Clicking on the blue circle didn't change the picture. Sad story for that town.

[LiberalAndProud]

9. Did you click and drag?

Drag your curser to the right or left to change views.

[Distant Observer]

7. Seriously, Anyone know Southerners take these extremes as resulting Climate change

[Dreamer Tatum]

8. There should seriously be a grace period for disasters before the CC Ghouls chime in nt

[Distant Observer]

14. CC concern has from 70's. How many decades must pass before its ok to ask questions

as to whether a tragic weather event is the result of along term phenomenon and deserves long-term
response-- type of buildings, location of development etc.

[Dreamer Tatum]

15. Maybe let them bag up the dead first?

Jesus.

And are you saying that springtime tornadoes are uncommon in that part of the country? Um, OK.

[Exultant Democracy]

19. I understand where you are coming from and my instinct is to agree with you. However...

The climate change issue is gonna kill a lot more people far sooner then we would like to think and perhaps we need to take a page out of the conservative play book on this one.

Strike while the iron is hot and hammer away with the messaging, just like they did with 9-11. It was so effective then that they managed to get us to fight a unnecessary war in Iraq, while I never supported the war the vast majority of American's did.

I think it is time for us to get cut throat on the climate change issue, decorum and subtlety don't win the electorate unfortunately.

[tuckessee]

10. These aren't the first devastating tornadoes to strike the South.

A little historical perspective never hurt anyone and often keeps the uninformed from jumping to conclusions.

[The Straight Story]

11. Most the Climate change in the history of the earth happend before humans

Wonder if dinosaurs blamed the south ;)

[Distant Observer]

13. I'm referencing the whole season of Tornadoes. If it's a long-term pattern then new building rules

may make sense. Those are the kind of considerations for rebuilding in New Orleans and Haiti.

[Aerows]

18. I don't speak for all Southerners

because we are a lot like people from the North, East and West in being diverse, but yes, I am very concerned.

[logosoco]

12. Somehow the trees are the most haunting.

The destroyed buildings are bad, but something about the trees really shows me how strong this storm was.
Watching this story all morning and listening to the cicadas (which have picked this year to come out) as they begin to pick up their "singing" makes everything seem so surreal today.
The local news here (outside of St. Louis) said they had another heavy storm with hail this morning. Peace and safety to all affected.

[Warpy]

16. They said last night the path was a mile wide

and a little over three miles long. That panorama really captures the devastation.

[bdamomma]

17. just devasting scenes.

:-(