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The Storm Cellar on Maple Street

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Margaret Dunhill was hanging laundry in her backyard in Moore, Oklahoma, when the sky turned the color of a bruise. It was May 20, 2013,...

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Psalm 91:1-2

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The Storm Cellar on Route 9

Margaret Hensley was hanging laundry on the line behind her farmhouse outside Joplin, Missouri, when the sky turned the color of a bruise. It was...

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