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5 Incredible Videos of the Joplin, MO Twister and Aftermath

5 Incredible Videos of the Joplin, MO Twister and Aftermath

The devastation in Joplin, MO is remarkable. The Red Cross is now reporting that the massive tornado that tore through the town last night annihilated over 70 percent of the city. The death toll has now climbed to 89. That number, however, is expected to rise.

The twister ripped into a hospital, crushed cars like soda cans, and left a forest of splintered tree trunks behind where entire neighborhoods once stood.

5 Incredible Videos of the Joplin, MO Twister and Aftermath

Rescuers looking for survivors and bodies have a difficult task ahead of them as the weather remains unstable. For example, a new thunderstorm today, with strong winds and heavy rain, pelted part of the city with quarter-sized hail.

5 Incredible Videos of the Joplin, MO Twister and Aftermath

City manager Mark Rohr announced the number of known dead at a pre-dawn news conference outside the wreckage of a hospital that took a direct hit from Sunday’s storm. Rohr said the twister cut a path nearly 6 miles long and more than a half-mile wide through the center of town. Much of the city’s south side was leveled, with churches, schools, businesses and homes reduced to ruins.

Jasper County emergency management director Keith Stammer said about 2,000 buildings were damaged, while Joplin fire chief Mitch Randles estimated the damage covered a quarter or more of the city of about 50,000 people some 160 miles south of Kansas City. He said his home was among those destroyed.

Below are five incredible videos showing the twister and the utter devastation:

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • TAKE_NO_PRISONERS
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:47pm

    Joplin has my prayers…One helleva chopper ride, that says it all. Massive destruction.

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  • tonythefisher
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:46pm

    My prayers for Joplin! On another front, after you have your footage of the twister,…GET OUT AND HELP!

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  • Hephzibah
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:45pm

    What in the world does one do when they have no home and their families and neighbors have no homes to take refuge in, either? People still have basic daily physical needs. I can’t even imagine the horror…God help them.

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  • WBOB
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:44pm

    prayers for Joplin

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  • letschoosewisely
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:32pm

    My prayers go out to the survivors of this horrific event.

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  • PureDrumFury
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:21pm

    …Meanwhile our nation’s “leader” is traipsing about on this stupid Irish Roots Tour or whatever the hell you want to call it, instead of in Joplin standing with the victims and letting them know how he is going to help them.

    Pray, pray and pray some more for Joplin.They are still cleaning up the devastation from the Good Friday tornado right up the road from where I live near St. Louis – and these videos make what we got look like nothing. Not a single person died here (miraculously), It seems so random. My heart goes out to the good folks out there.

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  • Hickory
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:19pm

    Hey, do you really think Obama cares? No way. All those crackers got what was coming to them. Then, after the wind died, the brothers came in to help themselves.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:55pm

      you have a DEEP Seated Hatred don’t you … well at least you can use the internet to take your Foul Dump, ,,, it must really SUK to wake up in the morning and be you ………..

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    • Hickory
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:49pm

      I think you have confused hatred with reality. And, I think you have your ethnicity meter hooked up backwards.

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  • mendolover
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:18pm

    Dear God help these people.

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  • tbl10
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:08pm

    As the poles continue to shift, these storms will become bigger and more violent and will wreak havoc throughout this country. Stock up on food while you can, there won’t be much left of the midwest after this summer. God bless those who have been affected by this storm.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 5:56pm

      I’m all atwitter to see what you have to provide as actual hard scientifically measured evidence that the poles are in fact switching. It does happen, but if it were happening right now this moment we’d all pretty much know it. You know, planes and boats not being able to navigate, all that.

      So what do you have?

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    • Juan Gault
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:54pm

      And the earth shall be as a woman in labor. Each storm,increasing in intensity, and the time decreasing between them. By these signs, you shall know the time is near of my return. Be not
      afraid, but prepare for my coming. (Para-phased).

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  • SDmom
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:02pm

    My heart aches for the families of Joplin. My prayers are with you.

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  • TraceyM
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:00pm

    So scary. My prayers are with these people.

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  • MOLLYPITCHER
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:55pm

    This shows our problems with rain here in Maine are nothing in comparison to this tragedy. Things like this make me thankful for what I have, and puts me in awe of God’s unharnessed power.

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  • OneofMany
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:55pm

    When you see these things, look up, the end is near… They will be like labor pains… increasing in frequency and intensity… Look UP…WAKE UP… Jesus IS coming back ANY TIME… get right with God. Your Personal Rapture could occur TODAY.

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    • MOLLYPITCHER
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:05pm

      Amen! It’s always a good time to get right with the Lord.

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    • Therese
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:36pm

      Sounds Good but Unfortunately Most People are not prepared for the coming of Jesus.
      Remember, the Bible says, “The Road to Heaven is Narrow and Few will Enter”
      Try to Better Yourself Every Day.

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    • Louie Louie the Progressive
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:08am

      To this Jew the Rapture is a Barbaric concept………………… How come the New Testament is not written in Hebrew or where is the Hebrew copy I`m not aware of………………….Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?

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  • commonsenseguy
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:45pm

    my heart just breaks to see such destruction, may god help all of those effected and may he also be with the families of those who lost love one,i pray he will touch them,bless them and help them heal, i seat here today, thankful for what i have, but i also feel ,helpless and guilty, that i could not help or stop this destruction , we as Americans can and will help all effected not just by these tornadoes, but previous tornadoes and floods, we can and we will help our fellow Americans in any way possible, may god help them all and bless them all.

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  • bikermama
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:44pm

    When you see videos like this it is sad, but really doesn’t seem real until it is your hometown that gets hit. I live in Northport across the river from Tuscaloosa and seeing places I frequented gone now and how something like this feels in person gives me a whole different perspective when I see other areas devasted by storms now. My prayers go out ot all the folks in Joplin, MO. We understand and stand with you. May God be with you all in the coming months. Each day will get better.

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  • bankerpapaw
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:42pm

    How utterly awesome!!! The power of God cannot be denied. Pray for those in Joplin.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 5:32pm

      Are you suggesting that God is a sadist?

      He judges us in the afterlife, where all of our sins are accounted for. It seems like this site has suddenly gone full frontal Calvanist with this story.

      On topic: I wonder how one rebuilds from this? It is “just stuff”, assuming you didn’t lose anybody, but it strikes me as so odd to consider waking up and everything you had…gone. Where does one even start?

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  • ofallon
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:41pm

    Thank you Blaze. The aerial photos are especially devastating. Where does one start except on our knees with tears of sorrow?

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  • Drum Man
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:39pm

    The power of God to save and destroy. Amazing stuff.

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  • oldasdirt
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:38pm

    Ubumer is in Irland,,and rants about his Irsh roots,,Ratles off about an hour’s worth of lies,,and not once mentions any thoughts of the people affected by this disaster,Will MSM commint on this fact?

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:08pm

      BO does‘t seem to give a rodent’s behind about the country he is supposed to be president of nor it’s citizens. WHY do we keep expecting otherwise???? It has not been the pattern since he has been in orifice. (intentional misspelling)

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:55pm

      Irish roots? He’s a leper-con. Everything he comes in contact with turns rotten.

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    • BidBerthaDotCom
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:37am

      O’Bama

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  • Doom2022
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:38pm

    Does anyone remember a worse year for tornados?

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:32pm

      actually if you read past historical news, you can peice it together and see that todays weather isnt that abnormal

      with todays easy access to media, you just have the opportunity to hear about it in real time and a lot faster than in the past

      correlate the growth of media to the weather news and you will understand why people think the weather is getting worse, when in reality your just being informed much better than we used to be

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 5:29pm

      We’re about at the average level actually.

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    • Juan Gault
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 7:46pm

      Dec 21,2012, ‘An end of an age’, Meteorite anyone?

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    • kralspaces
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 8:37am

      @ Psychosis
      I totally agree and this applies to politics, conflicts, etc. It has always been there. It just gets distributed faster and faster and faster… The video phone is changing the world more than the PC did. As a senior citizen, I went from a desktop to a laptop and now on to the Ipad and Iphone. Everything is becoming more instantly portable (and global).

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  • 13th Imam
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:38pm

    Pray for our fellow citizens.All you atheist’s, think about your fellow citizens.

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    • BidBerthaDotCom
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:33am

      We Deists will remember that nature causes natural disasters, not America’s foreign policy towards Israel. Feel free to pray though, it might help.

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  • WeMustNeverForget
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:35pm

    FOOD FOR THOUGHT: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS…

    From: Somebody Angry? Tract

    1991 George H.W. Bush launched his “Land for peace Plan” giving away Israeli land; that day God sent 100ft wave storm into New England, damaging even Pres.Bush’s home.
    Aug 23, 1992: Talks resume for Israel to surrender land for peace. Within 24 hours Hurricane Andrew, a 30′ mile wide tornado hits the US. Cost: $30 billion.
    April 27 – Sept. 13, 1993: Israel & PLO work on & sign a compromise peace agreement in Washington, DC. During this same period the country is hit with the most devastating and widespread flooding in US history. Cost: $21 billion.
    Aug 25 – Sept 10, 2001: The US, Arabia & Israel prepared the most comprehensive “peace plan” ever. Sept 11th happened before plans were finalized. Cost: Over $40 billion.
    Nov 7-12, 2002: During Ramadan, Pres. Bush hosted a dinner to honor Islam and the “revelation of God’s word in the holy Koran”. When officials flew to pressure Israel, 88 out-of-season tornadoes hit 7 states.
    Aug 2005: The US pressured Israel into evacuating Gaza. The next day, 8/29/05 Hurricane Katrina hit. Cost: Nearly $200 billion.
    In 2005 alone, messing w/Israel cost the US billions in tornadoes, hurricanes, flood and drought. DOES ANYONE NOTICE A PATTERN?

    Not to mention the latest incidents of tornadoes, flooding, etc.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:19pm

      I do! Anytime any nation goes against Israel to divide her up they get slammed, this is not exclusive to the USA, look at UK, Spain, Italy, France all being shredded for various reasons. All nations that go against Israel go against God and therefore will not prosper. America went with and supported Israel and America was blessed even though America itself was not repentent of its own internal sins. Grace is being lifted and the wrath is decending. God uses the elements of his creation to get mans attentions. If we think we can have an affect on the globe through our existence then how more more does God have an affect when his creation will not heed his repeated warnings. Soon, all will see the mighty undeniable hand of God.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:23pm

      Why just bring up “Bush” in this context, God has slowly been removing His blessings from America decades BEFORE Bush got in! If you are going to lay blame and point fingers, be consistant and truthful! Your bias is showing! You shamelessly failed to mention the horrors of the last two years!

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    • vennoye
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:57pm

      @jblaze Remember, the truth has NO agenda!!! The disasters started with Bush 41. He did not even get home from Madrid before that storm came…….remember, it was called “The Perfect Storm” because it was so unusual. Doesn’t matter to God whether they are Dem or Rep……there is a price to pay for trying to void a covenant he made regarding that land!!
      There have been books written about this:
      http://www.amazon.com/As-America-Has-Done-Israel/dp/1603740384/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306180120&sr=8-1

      http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Facing-Consequences-Dividing-Israel/dp/0971734704/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306180120&sr=8-2

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    • Jezreel
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:10pm

      When God is administering judgement, he brings it upon those responsible for the sin, not upon those who have nothing to do with it. Sorry, you are wrong. God will bring judgement directly upon Washington DC when he decides to do that.

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    • WeMustNeverForget
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:33pm

      @JBlaze : Why just bring up “Bush” in this context, God has slowly been removing His blessings from America decades BEFORE Bush got in! If you are going to lay blame and point fingers, be consistant and truthful! Your bias is showing! You shamelessly failed to mention the horrors of the last two years!

      JBlaze will you relax a bit…This is not aimed at Bush Sr. or Bush Jr. or Obama, it’s about us as a nation, we don’t have our priorities straight. God doesn’t see politics, he sees the heart, and the heart of this nation, over the past 100+ years has become putrid and self-serving. God does not wish that we should perish, He loves us, we perish as a consequence of our actions or lack thereof. — Re horrors?! Why go back two years, let’s just go back a few days… Israel pre-1967 borders!? Then devastating tornado of 5/22/11? We blazers are informed people we know exactly what’s been happening the last 2.5 years. I don’t have to go into an in-depth explanations.

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    • WSGAC
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:42pm

      Again, allow me to give a history lesson. Rome smashed Jerusalem in AD 70, and again in AD 132 (bar Kochba revolt), decimating the land. Rome lasted another 400 years after “dissing God’s people!” And you think tornados and floods in the US are the result of Bush and Obama? LOL…LOL…LOL

      Again, get over yourselves America! You’re just not that important!

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 3:09am

      WSGAC:
      Thinking like that, I suggest you move from Soddam and find a safer place. Try Gomorah.

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  • GODSAMERICA
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:35pm

    Only God can give the people peace and comfort with something like this. All they have to do is ask Him.

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  • WeMustNeverForget
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:34pm

    FOOD FOR THOUGHT: PLEASE LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS…

    From: Somebody Angry? Tract

    1991 George H.W. Bush launched his “Land for peace Plan” giving away Israeli land; that day God sent 100ft wave storm into New England, damaging even Pres.Bush’s home.
    Aug 23, 1992: Talks resume for Israel to surrender land for peace. Within 24 hours Hurricane Andrew, a 30′ mile wide tornado hits the US. Cost: $30 billion.
    April 27 – Sept. 13, 1993: Israel & PLO work on & sign a compromise peace agreement in Washington, DC. During this same period the country is hit with the most devastating and widespread flooding in US history. Cost: $21 billion.
    Aug 25 – Sept 10, 2001: The US, Arabia & Israel prepared the most comprehensive “peace plan” ever. Sept 11th happened before plans were finalized. Cost: Over $40 billion.
    Nov 7-12, 2002: During Ramadan, Pres. Bush hosted a dinner to honor Islam and the “revelation of God’s word in the holy Koran”. When officials flew to pressure Israel, 88 out-of-season tornadoes hit 7 states.
    Aug 2005: The US pressured Israel into evacuating Gaza. The next day, 8/29/05 Hurricane Katrina hit. Cost: Nearly $200 billion.
    In 2005 alone, messing w/Israel cost the US billions in tornadoes, hurricanes, flood and drought. DOES ANYONE NOTICE A PATTERN?

    Not to mention the latest incidents of tornadoes, flooding, etc.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:44pm

      God only knows

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:52pm

      3rd time Obama vacation plans altered by volcano emissons.

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    • Bullwinkle
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:06pm

      You are absolutely right! Touch the apple of God’s eye and your nation will suffer. It’s not over, in fact it’s just getting started.

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    • Drpepper50
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:09pm

      Yes fooling around with Israel, God’s chosen people, is very foolish for starters. I’ve been watching “In God we trust” America over the last 5-8 years and noticed this. The disasters that happened during this time could have been prevented and would have been prevented by the Living God. But Americans kicked God out of their schools, out of their government, out of their homes and then out of their lives. So He left. Now you see these disasters one after the other costing billions of dollars getting worse and worse and worse. God held back these natural events over the last hundred years or so because America had reverence for Him. America needs to turn back to God before it’s to late.

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    • Chickenhawk63
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:31pm

      Ditto…..God only knows….

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:44pm

      Wemustneverforget
      Why just bring up “Bush” in this context, God has slowly been removing His blessings from America decades BEFORE Bush got in! If you are going to lay blame and point fingers, be consistant and truthful! Your bias is showing! You shamelessly failed to mention the horrors of the last two years!

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:47pm

      I’ll have to trust your dates, but think about this. As of right now, 3:45 PM EST, there are supposed to be more than 60 more tornados coming from this 7-state wide system very soon.
      Pray for all of us, America. God isn’t finished.

      And we deserve every bit of his wrath.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:55pm

      maybe God wants the U.S. to stay out of Israel problems and let them handle it themselves

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    • CrackerSmurf
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:25pm

      It is rather interesting when you put it in that term. He’s not happy with us right now. Let’s hope we can change his position.

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    • WSGAC
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:33pm

      Good Grief! Rome smashed Israel twice, and lasted another 400 years….twice as long as America has existed. You Americans think everything is about YOU!…even God’s actions are all about YOU???

      Get a grip! You’re not that important!

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    • WeMustNeverForget
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:37pm

      @JBlaze : Why just bring up “Bush” in this context, God has slowly been removing His blessings from America decades BEFORE Bush got in! If you are going to lay blame and point fingers, be consistant and truthful! Your bias is showing! You shamelessly failed to mention the horrors of the last two years!

      JBlaze will you relax a bit…This is not aimed at Bush Sr. or Bush Jr. or Obama, it’s about us as a nation, we don’t have our priorities straight. God doesn’t see politics, he sees the heart, and the heart of this nation, over the past 100+ years has become putrid and self-serving. God does not wish that we should perish, He loves us, we perish as a consequence of our actions or lack thereof. — Re horrors?! Why go back two years, let’s just go back a few days… Israel pre-1967 borders!? Then devastating tornado of 5/22/11? We blazers are informed people we know exactly what’s been happening the last 2.5 years. I don’t have to go into in-depth explanations.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 5:09pm

      Folks, come on, this is starting to sound like a bunch of fear eyed cave men hunkering down in a cave because they think that they didn’t sacrifice enough internal organs from the deer they caught and now were facing the wrath of the gods.

      Storms happen all the time, and sadly tornadoes are known town/people killers. This is a terrible event, but it’s not some kind of apocalyptic sign from above.

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    • edged25
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 10:31pm

      Those are amazing facts ..countrys who bless Isreal get blessed. those that go against Isreal get pounded

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    • boogeo
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:57pm

      You have to be kidding!!

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    • Bunnie
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:05am

      LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:55pm
      maybe God wants the U.S. to stay out of Israel problems and let them handle it themselves

      ————————
      Maybe God expects the United States of America to be an ally to Israel instead of a two-faced hypocrite like the worm that occupies the white house is!

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    • FreeMan5771
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 9:51am

      I strongly believe in God and also believe in the world elite’s evil and ability to impersonate God.

      I believe HAARP Project is the cause of these recent storms. Be careful not to assume God is responsible for man’s evil. Yes, the ability exists to control the weather. Can they get a tornado to touchdown at 123 Yourstreet in Anytown USA? Well no. Can they direct energy to heat the ionosphere thousands of degrees causing an enhancement of severe weather? Absolutely!

      People do not want their electric bills to triple, they do not want $7 to $10 a gallon gas, and belief in climate change is dropping. The $10 Trillion Chicago Carbon Exchange, and control of 1/6th the world’s wealth, is therefore in jeaopardy. It’s a lot of money, a lot of power at stake.

      Maybe Al Gore wasn’t explaining the message good enough so massive tornadoes somewhere every few days just might do the trick. Joplin, MO is Joplin, Mo. It isn’t Yourtown, USA yet, perhaps. When its a town 50 miles from you this week another one 70 miles away next month and your town next year then who knows? Maybe you will start thinking that burning fossil fuels really is causing climate change. Then when your electric bill triples, gasoline is $10 a gallon, and you cannot buy anything you will at least believe that is all being done for your good.

      Of course, in reality it is all a sham to steal 1/6th of the world’s wealth. The real shame is the innocent people who die.

      Google “HAARP Proje

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    • COGPKINAL
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:07am

      I absolutely agree! Any nation that turns its back on Israel will absolutely be punished. I just have a bad feeling that this is only the beginning for us.

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    • boogeo
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 10:23am

      I guess God only hates the United States.

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    • just happy
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 11:18am

      Guess we better plan these meetings with a little more attention to the predicted weather?!LOL

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  • D0ntTread0nMe
    Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:33pm

    WOW! thank you for bringing us into the action Blaze… intense!
    http://www.mythoughtsfromthemiddle.blogspot.com

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:36pm

      God is creator of all, his power is amazing

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 2:49pm

      War zone.

      This was horrible.

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    • stifroc
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:09pm

      Rule #1 about filming any incredible event with a camcorder….
      “When you get to a point of crucial development… fumble with the camera a lot and point it towards the ground or your lap. Then bring the camera back to focus and exclaim loudly “Did you SEE that!?!?!”

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    • In God We Trust Project
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:09pm

      Joplin is in my prayers.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:16pm

      Speechless at the power of GOD

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    • MakJae09
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:32pm

      @Poverty.sucks —- God did not do this; Nature did. God allows nature to run its course. Why would a loving God devastate innocent people? He doesnt. If he is perfectly just, then every violation contrary to laws of God need to be punished. If every violation is not punished accordingly then it would NOT be just. So, killing innocent people, I believe, is against the laws of God. Is God going to punish himself? Well, he creates the laws right? But he cant establish law and then himself violate it; he would cease to be God and he would cease to be a perfect being and man could not exercise perfect faith in him because he would doubt his omniscient and omnipotent attributes; faith and doubt cannot exist in the same sphere. He allows man and nature to ACT and not to be acted upon. Because he allows men and nature this freedom, sometimes bad things happen to good people.

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    • bjc535
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:46pm

      You know…..All I can say is look into HAARP

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    • Bloody Sam
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:57pm

      The people who chase these storms just to film them are some really sick and twisted mother effers.
      Same goes for people who just MUST get a close up view of an actively erupting volcano.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:19pm

      @ Bloody Sam…..although I’m deeply sadden by the loss of life in these storms, i”m a nature freak and would love to see a tornado someday. and again i will say my heart goes out to those who have suffered
      I don’t know why i want to see one, perhaps it’s because of the awesome power of God and the humble feeling i get of his power ………….†……r.i.p……† …….to all the innocent people

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    • ronmorgen
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 4:39pm

      MakJae09
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 3:32pm
      @Poverty.sucks —- God did not do this; Nature did. God allows nature to run its course.

      I see, In other words God never affects nature one way or the other. he just stays totally out of it.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 8:41pm

      My brother and his wife live in Joplin, they were on the edge of where it touched down, Their house has 2 bedrooms and a bathroom left, no roof, they sheltered in the bathtub during the tornado, and were left without a scratch on them. Their neighbors next to them and down the block were leveled. God was definitely looking out for them.

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    • MHP
      Posted on May 23, 2011 at 11:08pm

      Susan

      Death toll is now 116 and will rise.
      I got lots of relatives in this area.

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    • KewlBigDan
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 3:04am

      Why do Tornado chasers always take a freaked out woman with them, that starts panicking ‘Back-up Back-up’ when they get close. Isn’t that the whole point of chasing the things?
      Granted I would probably be panicking too, but then, I DON’T go chasing them for a living.

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on May 24, 2011 at 2:40pm

      @ MAKJAE09……….You said…..”God did not do this; Nature did. God allows nature to run its course. Why would a loving God devastate innocent people?”……..First of all people are not innocent before a Holy God. They are sinful and the bible states very plainly none of us are promised tomorrow. I think the people of Egypt that experienced the judgment of God in nature would disagree with you. Now not all natures fury is a conduit of God’s judgment, but God can and does use nature to bring about judgment.

      You said….”If he is perfectly just, then every violation contrary to laws of God need to be punished. If every violation is not punished accordingly then it would NOT be just.” Every person will be dispensed justice. If they accept Christ now then He took their penalty or justice for sin but if they do not then they will see the justice of God on judgment day. His justice is perfect, that does not mean it is instant. Again, your argument that people are innocent before a Holy God is silly and frankly not worth even pointing out the errors you have made on that issue.

      “faith and doubt cannot exist in the same sphere”……. Really ???

      Mark 9:24
      Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”

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