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Current Issue Winter 2012
Features
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 5:34pm, an EF5 tornado with
winds over 200 mph tore through the city of Joplin,
Missouri. In 38 minutes, the tornado left this
southwestern Missouri city of 50,000 with a 14-mile path
of complete destruction, including 10 demolished
publicschools, 7,000 destroyed homes, 159 deaths, 18,000
ruined cars, 5,000 displaced workers, an insured
estimated loss of $1-3 billion, and the total loss of
St. John’s Regional Medical Center. In 90 minutes, the
staff at St. John’s miraculously assessed each of its
surviving 183 patients’ needs; identified any means of
available transportation, including pickup trucks; and
evacuated the entire hospital. The powerful tornado
winds scattered medical records, supplies, and
medications for miles, with some even being found in
neighboring counties.
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