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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 07:06 AM
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Came across this photo from Joplin..

...wondering whether the poor owner is on the forum. That's one smashed up MINI.

 
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 07:14 AM
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So sad for all the tornado victims this season. That pic really shows the power of these storms.


Annette
 
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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Hopefully the owner was able to find shelter and wasn't harmed at all.....
 
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 09:37 AM
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We had a member over at bimmerforums who lost his house in the Tuscaloosa tornado. The only thing left of the house was the walkway and steps to the front door. He, his roommates and dogs took shelter in a closet, then everything began to disintegrate around him and suddenly he saw light. When he woke up, he was 50 yards away from where the house was. Four people and two dogs went into that closet, and only three people made it out :( No one should have to go through that, and I hope no one here was in the path of the Joplin tornado or any other for that matter.
 
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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We think we own the world, till Nature flexes the muscles in it's little finger for a while. I was unlucky enough to be close to the epicenter of an earthquake (7.7 on the Richter scale) and lucky enough to walk away (literally) with all my parts intact, 20K people were very unlucky and over 200k were lucky enough to live with injuries.

Gives one a better perspective of life. My thoughts to the families who endured the recent spate of tornadoes.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:28 AM
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Cannot see pics?
 
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 07:48 AM
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Sad times. On a brighter note, it looks like the mini held up the best out of the three cars.
 
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 04:39 PM
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No pics either......not even a place holder.
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MINI33342
No pics either......not even a place holder.
Me too. Are those who cannot see the pic using a Mac?
 
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Old Jun 11, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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XP and Firefox here.....

still no pics
 
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Old Jun 12, 2011 | 06:44 AM
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Sad Mini - best wishes for the owners.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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This might work:

http://sashasolitaire.smugmug.com/Sa...9_vBbFL2d-A-LB

Val
 
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Old Jun 14, 2011 | 01:27 PM
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Yikes, you can't even tell if its a clubman or a cooper. My aunts and uncles are in Joplin helping out with the clean up.
 
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