The tornado formed near a nursing home in northeastern Arkansas and killed a 94-year-old. It was just starting out on a catastrophic path that would take it 230 miles across Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Four days after the cataclysm struck, it is becoming clear that the early signaling systems put into place throughout the middle of the country, for the most part, worked as promised. People received text alerts and radio alerts from local officials and forecasters giving them enough time to shelter in place, as they have done for years during tornadoes.
Nurses shut protective fire doors and moved many of the 67 residents into hallways in the center of the building, seating them in chairs or wheelchairs. A few lying in beds that couldn’t fit through doorways remained in their rooms, where nurses drew hanging curtains around them, Ms. Knapp said. Staff handed out pillows to residents to cover their faces when the tornado hit.Nurse Barbara Richards, 57, looked out a window and saw debris and leaves swirling toward them.
Based on the dire forecasts, though, he decided for the first time in his memory to shelter in a closet. He strapped a baseball helmet on his granddaughter’s head and a football helmet on his own. It was 9:10 p.m. “You never want to put your people in harm’s way,” he said, choking back tears. “Unfortunately, in this situation, it’s something we did, and you live with that guilt. We couldn’t have expected this.”
A sudden force catapulted her forward. She landed facedown on the basement floor and felt rain coming down. The foundation of her house had shifted, leaving the basement open to the elements.Will Overby
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