Posts Tagged by Natural Disasters
Joplin, MO Tornado Craziness Part 2
| June 1, 2011 | Posted by Cheryl under Random Crap |
At first I was going to make this post about more of the devastation around Joplin. After driving through what I would refer to as “ground zero”, I feel that unless you actually see it for yourself, in person, no photo will ever show you the true devastation. Imagine driving down a main road in your city that you have driven down umpteen times before, now imagine it flattened into piles of twisted metal, wood and stone. Most almost unrecognizable. So I thought I could focus this entry on the GOOD things going on around Joplin. The things that bring… Continue reading…
Memorial Weekend 2011
| May 30, 2011 | Posted by Cheryl under Family |
I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Weekend. I know we certainly did! My parents and sister came down from St. Louis this weekend. It was the first time down for my mom and sister so their first trip might be etched in their brains forever as I took them on a ride through the tornado-wrecked part of town. My boys LOVE when family visits and I LOVE seeing Ryan practically jump out of my arms into my dad’s! I want the boys to remember holidays and summer by memories filled with family time! We barbecued, drank, played outside, got some sun, the boys swung… Continue reading…
Joplin, MO Tornado Craziness Part 1
| May 25, 2011 | Posted by Cheryl under Family |
Okay Mother Nature, you can quit being such a bitch to us! Seriously. This poor town can barely take any more! Sunday evening while the boys and I enjoyed a nice dinner with Freddy’s oldest daughter, Nicole, and her girlfriend, Marie, a few miles away a tornado was about to rip the head off of a section of Joplin, and then proceed to spit down it’s throat. Graphic, I know. However hardly as graphic as the horrible devastating pictures of the aftermath of the relentless tornado. Total devastation. One person described it as looking at pictures from WWII after the… Continue reading…
