The Town That Ignored the Sirens
On May 22, 2011, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Joplin, Missouri, seventeen minutes before an EF5 tornado carved a mile-wide path...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28.
On May 22, 2011, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Joplin, Missouri, seventeen minutes before an EF5 tornado carved a mile-wide path through the city. Seventeen minutes. Some residents heard the sirens and moved to shelter. Others — accustomed to warnings that came to nothing — stayed on their porches, kept shopping, finished their meals. They had heard sirens so many times before that the sound had become background noise.…
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