NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » Joplin http://newstalk1290.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Joplin, MO: Wichita Falls Feels Your Pain http://newstalk1290.com/joplin-mo-wichita-falls-feels-your-pain/ http://newstalk1290.com/joplin-mo-wichita-falls-feels-your-pain/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:51 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=2983 Those of us who lived in Wichita Falls, TX on April 10, 1979 still remember the devastation of that day.  By 6:30 that evening, a quarter of our residents were homeless, more than three dozen were dead and the south side of our city look like it had been hit by a bomb

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalk1290.com/joplin-mo-wichita-falls-feels-your-pain/feed/ 0 Debris from homes and cars are seen flung about after dozens of homes were destroyed and the search continues after 116 people where killed after a massive tornado passed through the town on May 23, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)