Joplin, MO - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Joplin, MO Index / Locations Transcripts Chris Lu ...I remember we had a hurricane in Joplin , Missouri. We had hurricanes i... Nicole Lurie ...but I remember going to the tornado in Joplin . So many people didn't have tornad... Cody Keenan ...in—I think it was 2011—in Alabama and Joplin , Missouri. I mean, back to back withi... Pete Souza ...On page 141, is Obama meeting people in Joplin , Missouri, after a tornado rippe... ...no question that he was going to visit Joplin . This was a big tragedy. Th... ...the air. Then, as we're driving through Joplin , you're driving by and you're jus... Craig Fugate ...to disasters? I think it was Joplin [tornado]. We had dealt with th... ...it was spread over a large area. But Joplin was an F5 tornado, very concentrated... ...But the story started to change after Joplin , because I wasn't getting the questio... ...that acknowledgment, but up until Joplin , that was the first question I alway... ...demonstrate it through actual response. Joplin —I think because it was such ... ...kept going, so you never got that. But Joplin was where I stopped getting th... ...our systems easy to operate. Well, Joplin brings up the question of, What is th... ...people, it resonates with them. In Joplin , you know, there's little things tha... ...that most of those rescues we saw in Joplin weren't the professional lights an... ...started checking on their neighbors. In Joplin , that meant digging people out of th... ...of the debris piles. And one thing on Joplin , that was graduation day, and th... ...that was graduation day, and the Joplin school system was destroyed, includin... ...through. Think about it. Missouri, Joplin , if I'm calculating the president'... ...reelection, you wouldn't have picked Joplin , but that wasn't why he went. I... Show more... Related Topics go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Labor Labor go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Public Health Public Health go to the The People's House The People's House