Thursday, April 26, 2012

Natures Wreckage

Jenny over at Alphabe Thursday is featuring the letter "W" this week.  Have to admit that was a no brainer for me.  Seems that everywhere I have traveled over the last year or so I have encountered a lot of the same stuff.  And, that stuff is "Wreckage."  

 I have photographed people's homes were their property looked like a junk yard.  I have shot photos of stipped cars abandoned on city highways and neighborhood streets.  I have other photos of the wrecking ball taking down buildings and bulldozers digging up the pavement for highway expansion.  But, in the last year I have happened to be in three cities where mother nature has wrecked extreme havoc and those are the shots I would like to share today.

Since Joplin, Missouri has been so much in the news I will skip the photos I took there and instead share a few of the shots I took of tornado damage in Alabama and Georgia in 2011 and a few taken last month in Branson, Missouri.  

Branson, Mo.
 March 2012

Branson, Missouri
 March 2012

Branson, Mo.
 March, 2012

Branson, Mo.
March, 2012

Branson, Mo.
 March 2012
Manchester, Georgia
May, 2011

Mancester, Georgia
May, 2011

Manchester Georgia
May, 2011

Northern Alabama
May, 2011




Northern Alabama
May, 2011
Tornadoes leave fear, death, hardship and a whole lot of "wreckage" both physical and emotional  in their wake.  My heart and prayers go out to everyone still suffering from the effects of these terrible storms.



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9 comments:

  1. When we lived in the southeast, I was always terrified of tornadoes. One year, in Memphis, a tornado came through one night and completely destroyed a VERY upscale neighborhood. Some of the important papers from one house were found 10 miles away.

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  2. The strength of tornadoes in mind blowing. so capricious, too.
    There was a tornado not far from my house in 1999.

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  3. My heart goes out to those families...

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  4. Nature can be a wild and destructive force. Your photos bring home the story of lives torn apart :(

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  5. A very powerful W post today! Yes, I have seen the wreckage left by mother nature first hand myself when Hurricane Hugo blew through my town, Charleston, almost 23 years ago. Have a great weekend, Nan

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  6. I love Branson, so it is sad to see it torn apart like this. It takes a lot of courage to rebuild.

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  7. Tornadoes really wreck people's lives. I'm thankful we have never had to endure such sorrows or loss. Good 'W' post!

    Linking up via Miss Jenny's classroom!

    Please read…
    What/Where in the World?
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  8. Oh wow. I can hardly believe it still looks like this.

    I am ashamed to say that once I read about it and donate I assume things are all better. Obviously, they are not.

    Such a wonderful reminder for us to count our blessings...and to help when we can.

    Thank you for sharing this.

    A+

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  9. I was privileged to work with a disaster relief team a couple of times last year. This year the disaster was ME! Hopefully my shoulder will be recovered enough that I can do some disaster relief work again. It is so rewarding to be able to help those that are in such dire circumstances.

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