Thursday, June 2, 2011

Parkwood High

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I don't care that the year after I graduated they renamed it Joplin High, it will always be Parkwood to me. It was quite a shock seeing it this way. This is a series showing one whole side of the school.

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So very thankful this happened on a Sunday evening and not during school hours.

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10 comments:

  1. OneJune 2, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    This is disastrous. It will take a very long time to rebuild.

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  2. JeannePJune 2, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    It is mind boggling. And a very good thing that it happened when school was out of session.

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  3. ColleenJune 2, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    There are no words that seem right. It's just horrifying. You're right... it is so good that this happened on a Sunday.

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  4. TexWisGirlJune 3, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    while everyone else is busy graduating classes and celebrating seniors, this community wonders how they'll ever hold classes next fall...

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  5. kayeJune 3, 2011 at 3:41 AM

    I'm so glad school wasn't in session as well, what a tragedy.

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  6. TammyJune 3, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    This is just unbelievable...wish I knew you were there, I was too. My good friend lives there and we went to see if we could help her get her place cleaned up...it would have been cool to meet up! :)

    I can't believe the damage that can be done in a matter of seconds, it really gives one a new respect towards nature!

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  7. KilaJune 3, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Oh my. And to think it all happened in seconds. Within a couple years, it'll all look like a brand new town. A city near where I lived in Wisconsin was almost completely wiped out, and was quickly cleaned up and rebuilt. So odd even years later that everything was new, and all the trees are young, etc. It takes many years to look like an old, lived in town again.

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  8. PattyannJune 3, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    Oh, it is still hard for me to believe how much devastation there is there. I know that the clean up will take a long time. My prayers are with all those who live and struggle there.

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  9. TeresaJune 5, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    All of your pictures of Joplin are amazing. It is just incomprehensible how much damage was done until you see some of it. I hope your step-son is on the way to recovering some normalcy.

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  10. Misty DawnJune 5, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    This hits so hard... after being in the tornado in 2009, I now have a bit (ok a LOT) of PTSD, no matter how much I try to tell myself I'm over it. When I saw what happened in Joplin, I just lost it... I can't watch, see, or read about it without becoming a blubbering mess. My heart and prayers go out to everyone of Joplin.

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