George Allman of 2408 Empire in Joplin, Mo. still lives in his heavily damaged home which was nearly destroyed from the May 22nd EF-5 tornado
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Ammie and Pete Hernandez used to live in this home at 2016 S. Pennsylvania in Joplin, Mo., but after the May 22nd tornado which damaged the home, the family and their two children, Tori, 3, left, and Tamron, 1, center, relocated to a smaller home for more money in Grove, Oklahoma, where Pete commutes one hour each way to his job in Joplin, adding $400 a month in gasoline to their monthly budget.
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Roberta Page showed the letter of eviction notice served by her landlord whose mobile home was moved from a trailer court pad outside Carthage, Mo. and a new FEMA trailer took its place, earning the landlord significantly higher pad usage fees than Page was paying.
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Joplin, Mo. city manager Mark Rohr, right, spoke with Joplin resident Patrick Brown, center, about questions Brown had about his restaurant startup. Brown stopped Rohr after the reopening of the Walmart store at 1501 S. Range Line Road, rebuilding on the site of the store that was destroyed in the May 22nd tornado in Joplin.
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Dan Farren stood on his porch at 2206 Kentucky in Joplin, Mo. as construction on rebuilding his home continued on October 28, 2011 following the May 22nd EF-5 tornado in Joplin.
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George Allman of 2408 Empire in Joplin, Mo. still lives in his heavily damaged home which was nearly destroyed from the May 22nd EF-5 tornado
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George Allman of 2408 Empire in Joplin, Mo. walked through his kitchen inside his heavily damaged home on November 7, 2011, nearly toppled from the May 22nd EF-5 tornado. Allman, who was buying the house on a contract-for-deed, showed that his landlord threatened to evict him if he did not come up with the entire $3,500 left on the contract. Allman's friends eventually helped him pay it off and he is now fixing the house with donated parts from other damaged homes in his neighborhood.
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John Winnett looked out the side door of his future home under construction at 2430 Kentucky as one of ten Habitat for Humanity homes being built on the Joplin, Mo. street following the May 22nd EF-5 tornado. Winnett applied to be the recipient of one of the ten homes and was selected with a requirement that he spend a set number of hours working on his home construction or on other Habitat homes being built.
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Mike & Gina Boykin of Joplin, Mo. saw their rental home destroyed by the May 22nd tornado, so the couple and their 12-year-old daughter reluctantly bought a home in Joplin on a "contract for deed" and have spent months working on improving the home.
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Joplin, Mo. city manager Mark Rohr, left, spoke to Joplin city mayor Mike Woolston, right, on November 9th, following the ceremonies of the reopening of the Walmart store at 1501 S. Range Line Road, which was rebuilt on the site of the store that was destroyed in the May 22nd tornado in Joplin.
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Concrete steps, which led to the former home at 2319 Kentucky Avenue in Joplin, Mo., now lead to nowhere following the May 22nd EF-5 tornado that destroyed the home.
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The house at 510 S. Cox in Joplin, Mo. wasn't damaged by the May 22nd tornado, but the home and its former tenant indeed were affected by it. The tenant was evicted and now lives in a FEMA mobile home and the house immediately went up for sale.
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The grand reopening of the Walmart store at 1501 S. Range Line Road in Joplin, Mo was filled with area residents and employees on November 9th in celebration of having the discount superstore rebuilt on the site where the former store stood and was destroyed in the May 22nd tornado.
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Luis Varrasa pulled electrical wiring for recycling out of a landfill in western Joplin, Mo. used for tornado debris from the massive storm on May 22nd. The debris is covered with layers of dirt as more debris is piled upon the top of the landfill.
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Lee Lake, left, and Mike Anderson, right, work on completing the structure of Off The Track Coffee at 2128 S. Main Street in Joplin, Mo., a new business among the tornado-damaged homes as the city looks to attracting new businesses and jobs.
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Luis Varrasa, center, and Cesar Anaya, right, pulled electrical wiring for recycling out of a landfill in western Joplin, Mo. used for tornado debris from the massive storm on May 22nd. The debris is covered with layers of dirt as more debris is piled upon the top of the landfill.
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The scene of a six-mile swath of destruction from a tornado Sunday evening passed through the center of Joplin, Mo. was seen from atop a hillside looking east on Monday afternoon, May 23, 2011. St. John's Hopsital, damaged in the tornado's path, is seen at left.
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Roberta Page is having a dispute with her landlord over road access on a county line road to her home. The landlord also said that Page needed to obtain a $300,000 insurance policy on her dogs in order to stay.
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Jordan Aubey, 27, a television reporter in Joplin, Mo., received deep cuts on his chest, legs and arms from the May 22nd EF-5 tornado that destroyed the central section of the city.
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Joplin, Mo. city manager Mark Rohr, center, smiled during a conversation with U.S. House of Representatives member Billy Long of the Seventh District of Missouri, left, prior to the reopening of the Walmart store at 1501 S. Range Line Road, rebuilding on the site of the store that was destroyed in the May 22nd tornado in Joplin.
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Frank's Place owner Judy Petty decided to rebuild the popular Joplin, Mo. bar following the damage caused by the EF-5 tornado on May 22nd. After a week of thinking about whether to retire, Petty decided that she needed to rebuild the bar in the same spot at 2112 Main Street.
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Tawana Baker has been living in a tornado-damaged home at 1110 S. Moffett in Joplin, Mo. that Baker was buying on a contract-for-deed but has no insurance or proof of ownership and is in a dispute with her landlord over repairs, including the tarp-covered roof.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, places a passed inspection sticker on the electrical junction box outside a new home under construction in the 2200 block of Kentucky in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011. Johnson is one of five city building inspectors overloaded with site inspections in the post-tornado construction boom in Joplin. DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star
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George Allman of 2408 Empire in Joplin, Mo. still lives in his heavily damaged home which was nearly destroyed from the May 22nd EF-5 tornado.
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Roberta Page walked back to her recently relocated mobile home outside of Carthage, Mo. with her longhair dachshund "Maddy." Page is having a dispute with her landlord over road access on a county line road to her home. The landlord also said that Page needed to obtain a $300,000 insurance policy on her dogs in order to stay.
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Susan McKee's husband was killed in the May 22nd EF-5 tornado in Joplin, Mo. and McKee is remodeling their kitchen in honor of him as the two were planning on redoing their kitchen before he was killed.
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Joplin, Mo. city manager Mark Rohr, left, spoke to Joplin city mayor Mike Woolston, right, on November 9th, following the ceremonies of the reopening of the Walmart store at 1501 S. Range Line Road, which was rebuilt on the site of the store that was destroyed in the May 22nd tornado in Joplin.
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Cesar Anaya looked for electrical wiring for recycling in of a landfill in western Joplin, Mo. used for tornado debris from the massive storm on May 22nd. The debris is covered with layers of dirt as more debris is piled upon the top of the landfill.
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Judy Petty, 71, decided to rebuild Frank's Place, a popular Joplin, Mo. bar damaged by the F5 tornado on May 22nd. After a week of thinking about whether to retire, Petty decided that she needed to rebuild the bar at 2112 S. Main Street.
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Joplin, Mo. city manager Mark Rohr, right, was all smiles prior to the reopening of the Walmart store at 1501 S. Range Line Road, rebuilding on the site of the store that was destroyed in the May 22nd tornado in Joplin
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The view looking southeast from 24th & Kentucky in Joplin, Mo., on October 28, 2011, following the devastation of the May 22nd EF-5 tornado in Joplin, Mo.
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A hand-painted warning sign still stands on the former home site at 2303 Kentucky as City of Joplin crews tear down an adjacent home following the May 22nd EF-5 tornado.
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Tawana Baker has been living in a tornado-damaged home at 1110 S. Moffett in Joplin, Mo. that Baker was buying on a contract-for-deed but has no insurance or proof of ownership and is in a dispute with her landlord over repairs, including the tarp-covered roof. Her landlord is also her adopted father and the tornado issues have strained their tenuous relationship.
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The view looking southeast from 24th & Kentucky in Joplin, Mo., on October 28, 2011, following the devastation of the May 22nd EF-5 tornado in Joplin, Mo.
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The former trailer court site outside Carthage, Mo. where Roberta Page's trailer used to be located now rents to a new FEMA trailer, which the landlord is being reimbursed for many times above what most trailer court pad rentals are charged.
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Leona Rice of Carl Junction, Mo. took shelter in her church in Joplin when she survived the May 22nd EF-5 tornado that destroyed the central section of Joplin. Rice, who drove school buses for the Carl Junction school district, lost her leg in the storm and plans to return to driving school buses once she is comfortable with her new prosthetic leg.
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The effects of an EF-5 tornado that swept through the central section of Joplin, Mo. on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011, were still evident on Thursday morning, May 26, 2011
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Steven Weersing, 17, of Joplin, Mo. suffered massive trauma from the May 22nd EF-5 tornado that destroyed the central section of Joplin, Mo. The resulting injuries and fungal infection that ate away his skin and bone kept Weersing at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. from June 1st until September 2nd.
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A view looking east from S. Oliver Street between 26th and 27th Street in Joplin, Mo. on October 28, 2011, shows the change in the neighborhood from the photo taken on May 23rd, 2011 following the EF-5 tornado.
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A pix of Lacey Eagleshield after the Joplin tornado.
Lacey Eagleshield of Joplin, Mo. carries the evidence on her face of the May 22nd EF-5 tornado that destroyed the central section of the city, where she received scars to her face from the powerful storm. Eagleshield is getting married on December 10th.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, pulled up the exterior wrapping of a home under construction by builder Joe Landrith (not pictured) in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, looked at the electrical wiring hookups at the new home under construction at 2221 Kentucky in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, right, explained the city's new building code requirements to framer Justin Ward of J.W. Construction.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, organized his list of homes to be inspected while making calls from his city truck in an alley behind Kentucky Street in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011.
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Todd Johnson, left, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, answered a question about an electrical outlet placement to volunteer Mike Mastraccio, right, at the new home under construction at 2221 Kentucky as Johnson inspected the home's electrical service hookups in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, right, inspected the framing work being done by contractors at a home under construction.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, inspected the framing work being done by carpenters at the home under construction by builder Joe Landrith (not pictured) in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, raises his pant legs as he walks around the muddy ground surrounding the new home under construction at 2209 Kentucky after Johnson entered the home to inspect the electrical service in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011. Johnson is one of five city building inspectors overloaded with site inspections in the post-tornado construction boom in Joplin.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, pulled up the exterior wrapping of a home under construction by builder Joe Landrith (not pictured) in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011. Johnson found that more tie-downs to the foundation were needed to meet the city's new building codes.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, used a mud puddle to wash his hands off at the new home under construction.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, unfastened the panels on the electrical service box outside the new home under construction at 2209 Kentucky after Johnson inspected the interior wiring in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011. Johnson is one of five city building inspectors overloaded with site inspections in the post-tornado construction boom in Joplin.
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Todd Johnson, a building inspector with the City of Joplin, has his muddy shoes washed off by Tina Kucera, left, a volunteer from Tulsa, OK, at the new home under construction at 2209 Kentucky before Johnson entered the home to inspect the electrical service in Joplin, Mo. on November 7, 2011. Johnson is one of five city building inspectors overloaded with site inspections in the post-tornado construction boom in Joplin.
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