Some lives were lost in Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, and Oklahoma but most deaths-158 of them-occurred in the city of Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri. Missouri was, however, the most severely hit as several tornadoes touched down on May 22. In Indiana, the small town of Bedford sustained significant damage as several homes were destroyed. Eight confirmed tornadoes also touched down in Texas. In Texas, hail the size of tennis balls bombarded the Dallas and Fort Worth areas through the early evening of May 24, smashing car windows, damaging roofs, and leaving nearly 70,000 homes and businesses without electricity. In Kansas, 14 reported tornadoes touched down on May 21, and some locales were hit with hail as large as baseballs. In Minnesota, more than 100 houses and several commercial properties were damaged, and many trees and power lines were knocked down. There was significant damage in Minnesota, Kansas, northern Texas, and southern Indiana. Thousands of buildings were damaged, hundreds were destroyed, and more than 1,000 people were injured a total of 184 people were killed. The severe weather funneled across a corridor that stretched from Lake Superior to central Texas and east through Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and to the East Coast, impacting more than 20 states in all. Then over the next seven days 150+ confirmed tornadoes raged across the heart of the country. But on May 20 severe thunderstorms in eastern Texas and parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma brought high winds, hail, and five reported tornadoes. For three weeks, only a handful of isolated twisters were reported. The month of May 2011, normally the most active month for tornadoes, began quietly. Each issue includes reviews of recent books, monographs, and atlases in geography and related fields.Spawned by severe thunderstorms, tornadoes are among the most destructive forces in nature. The Geographical Review also includes special features, forum articles, and special review articles commissioned by the editor. Authors are encouraged to write articles that they themselves would enjoy reading. The writing in the Geographical Review has always been of a high quality, interesting and accessible to both specialists and nonspecialists. We encourage empirical studies that are grounded in theory, innovative syntheses that offer a deeper understanding of a phenomenon, and research that leads to potential policy prescriptions. Specifically, submissions in the areas of human geography, physical geography, nature/society, and GIScience are welcome, especially inasmuch as they can speak to a broad spectrum of readers. The Geographical Review welcomes authoritative, original, ably illustrated, and well-written manuscripts on any topic of geographical importance. The paper concludes with a recommendation for expanding tornado safety education among the respondents.Īs the oldest journal in the United States devoted exclusively to geography and the leading journal of geography for the past 150 years, the Geographical Review contains original and authoritative articles on all aspects of geography. Further, it was found that three variables considered here-rebuild or repair, damage zone category, and perceived tornado risk-were all significant contributors to a homeowner's decision to implement recommended tornado safety measures. Results showed that 43 percent of all respondents implemented at least one recommended tornado measure in rebuild or repair their destroyed/damaged homes. Face-to-face interviews, as well as other methods, were used to survey respondents who were living within the tornado path (damage zones) at the time of the tornado. The main objective of this paper is to explore the tornado survivors' compliance with the safety features recommended by the Joplin city authorities. In doing so, city officials introduced two new safety measures and recommended several others. Immediately following the May 2011 tornado, the city of Joplin, Missouri, initiated recovery efforts to rebuild the part of the community devastated by this event.

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