Joplin tornado May 25

May 25, 2011

Images from The Associated Press on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 of Joplin, Mo. where a tornado struck on Sunday night.

Bella, a cat belonging to Judy Flenner, sits in a cage after being found in the closet of Flenner's tornado-demolished home, right, on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. Bella, Flenner, who is recovering after having a mild heart attack following Sunday's storm, and four other people survived by taking cover in a closet in the middle of the house. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Shirley Waits cries as she stands in what is left of her mother's home Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. A massive tornado moved through Joplin Sunday night leveling much of the city. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Dylan Shyler helps salvage tires off a friend's car on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. A tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, wiping out neighborhoods and killing at least 122 people. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Members of the Newton County (Mo.) Rescue and Recovery team clear debris from a pond next to an apartment complex so they can search for potential victims in Joplin, Mo., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. At least 123 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a tornado cut a destructive path through Joplin on Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

A message is seen on the side of a building on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. A tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, wiping out neighborhoods and killing at least 122 people. Violent storms rumbled through the central U.S. on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes that turned homes into splintered wreckage, killing at least 14 people over two days and hampering rescue efforts in a city slammed by a massive twister days earlier. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Lisa Lawrence salvages items from her parents' devastated home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 123 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A crew of volunteers from Springfield, Ark., help Ashley Hailey search for items in the wreckage of her home's basement in Joplin, Mo., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. At least 123 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a tornado cut a destructive path through Joplin on Sunday evening. Hailey and her husband were not at home when the tornado struck. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Traci Harris salvages a car seat from her brother's car outside his leveled home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 122 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Sandra Pommert reacts to finding a photograph of her parents' farm among the rubble of her sister's tornado-demolished house on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. Her sister, Judy Flenner, is recovering after having a mild heart attack following Sunday's storm that killed at least 122 people. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Susan Rowe looks over her devastated home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 122 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Colin Rush, 14, helps his family salvage items from their home that was destroyed by tornado on Sunday in Joplin, Mo., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Gullett)

David Russell, from Carl Junction, Mo, salvages items from an elderly friends devastated home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 123 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Jacob Williams photographs the neighborhood from what used to be the second story of his aunt's home on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. A tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, wiping out neighborhoods and killing at least 123 people. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Chris Teel takes a break with his son Matthew, 10, after moving items out from his damaged home in Joplin, Mo., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. At least 123 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a tornado cut a destructive path through Joplin on Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Bruce Hawkins takes a break from clean up at his moderately damaged home in a heavily devastated Joplin neighborhood Wednesday, May 25, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 123 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Ashley Clark salvages items from a family member's devastated Joplin, Mo. home Wednesday, May 25, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 122 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Florene Renfro is seen through a window as she searches through her tornado-damaged house Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. Renfro, 85, has decided she will abandon the home she's lived in since 1967 and move in with her daughter in Arkansas after a massive tornado hit Joplin on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

People wait in line for permits to enter tornado-damaged neighborhoods while standing near a pickup with storm damage in Joplin, Mo., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. At least 123 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a tornado cut a destructive path through Joplin on Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Tera Hall salvages items from a friend's destroyed home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 123 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kenneth Thomas sits on a safe in what was his living room Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin , Mo. Thomas took shelter with his wife, Retha, in a bathroom located directly behind where he is seated when a massive tornado struck Joplin Sunday night. Both escaped with only minor injuries. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Images from The Associated Press on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 of Joplin, Mo. where a tornado struck on Sunday night.

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