Joplin Tornado Assessment Offers Advice for Disaster Preparedness

The National Weather Service recently released a disaster assessment report on the May 22nd tornado in Joplin, MO. It acknowledges the things done correctly, and offers some advice for better preparedness in the future. One of the most important things the National Weather Service had to offer was to better improve warning communications to better convey a sense of urgency so that citizens can understand they must act immediately. They also made several suggestions for updating technology such as GPS systems, and alert systems such as sending warnings by text message.

This photo shows only a portion of the damage done in Joplin, MO 

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