So we needed to find ways to reach out to people,” says Lynn Onstot, Joplin City public information officer. “Obviously, people did not have a TV, they didn’t have a house in some cases, they may not have a car to listen to a radio.
One of the issues was how to let tornado survivors the next step in the recovery and what help was available. Yeah, there was some challenges, you know,” Shaw recalls. “It was amazing to watch the streets being cleared and the properties been cleared. He knew there was a lot of work to be done, both for city leaders and city workers.Įmergency responders combing through the destruction for survivors and victims, plus a massive cleanup to get rid of nearly three million cubic yards of debris. And none of those landmarks that we knew,” says Shaw.
I mean I thought I was someplace else, it certainly wasn’t Joplin. It wasn’t long before he got a firsthand view of just how bad it was during a ride along the path of destruction with a Joplin police officer. Shaw quickly learned his city had sustained serious tornado damage. Joplin tornado 10 years later: The story of hope and the cross that stood after the storm
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