After the Tornado - Day Three Pics

Photos and text by John Mallinak

I have attached more photos of another part of town, Rangeline Road. It is a major commercial district.

I understand that many people were killed at Home Depot and many were injured or killed at the Rangeline Wal-Mart. Photos of both these places are in this group as well as photos of other places along this busy street.

Between these pics and the ones posted earlier this week, you will have seen just over 1/2 of the destruction.

FEMA upgraded the tornado to an F5 (strongest category) and says 8,000 structures (including individual apartments) have been destroyed or compromised in the Joplin area. FEMA now says that this is the 8th worst tornado disaster.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the Tornado - PCG Disaster Response

Photos and text by John Mallinak

PCG National Missions Director Andy Hunt mustered six disaster response teams from around the nation to come and assist in the Joplin tornado relief efforts.

Here, Hunt is scheduling each teams' duties for the day.


 

Here's a pic of one of the PCG National Missions Disaster Response Trailers. This particular trailer belongs to Unit Seven.


 


Disaster Response Unit Two deploys for the day from the campus of Messenger College.


 

 

PCG National Youth Ministries Director Joe Skiles gives water to a family.


 

These were taken at ChristPointe Church (PCG) at 23rd and Annie Baxter, just a few blocks NE of the hospital.
This is the site of one of the neighborhood feeding stations as well as a worksite.


 


 

Another crew in central Joplin working at the hope of a Pentecostal Church of God HQ employee who is recovering from a hospital stay. He is Ok and his house is livable.

My other post has some unreal pics of what it looks like just north of here, which is just south of the high school site.


 


 

One of our feeding stations is set up in the middle of the devastation between the high school and Iowa street.

Here, Pastor Joe Skiles, of Solid Rock in Jefferson City, is manning the grill.

After the Tornado - Day Two Pics

Photos and text by John Mallinak

Here is video taken while driving along 26th street, looking north.


 

 

These two pictures are of the hospital--St. John's--that was featured on TV from the west.
These views are from the east and from a few blocks north.


 

 

Here are a few pictures from 26th street, looking east.


 

 

 

 

These were taken at ChristPointe Church (PCG) at 23rd and Annie Baxter, just a few blocks NE of the hospital.
This is the site of one of the neighborhood feeding stations as well as a worksite.


 

 

 

These were taken just north of where a PCG Disaster Relief crew is working on Iowa and just south of the site of the high school.


 

 

 

 

These were taken between the hospital and the church in just a few blocks.
There are still power lines down and live wires wrapped up in trees.
The fourth pic shows another view of St Johns from the north.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are photos taken during a ride from 26 and McClelland and 26 and Main and then to the east of main.