To get Oklahoma we headed north up the 65/60 to hit the 40. On the 40, we jogged over to be looky-loos in the tornado stricken city of Joplin. We saw some destruction in Brimfield, MA when we were there, but nothing could quite compare with the destruction we witnessed. As we were trying to find the path of destruction, all we saw was a very busy city, big like ours with every type of store you could imagine, so when we were close to getting on the highway to finish our day’s journey, we turned left and saw a store sign on the ground. Then, looking more closely, a Home Depot was housed in a gigantic, super-sized white tent. Then complete amazement….buildings that once were there were now gone. We knew that the Stake Center was demolished so we were headed there. Along the roads, complete annihilation of buildings and homes at least a ½ mile wide that went on for a least a mile in length. Relief signs everywhere, workers busy, trash everywhere, red x’s on damaged buildings, spray painted signs, church signs telling members where to meet temporarily, portable pharmacies, random houses standing. Words cannot speak for the damage that we saw.
Sadly we left for Elk City, OK for a RV park.
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