COLUMBIA — Wally Kennedy and his son were watching "Pirates of the Caribbean" when a man meandered into the theater and warned of threatening weather ahead.

Nothing concerning, Kennedy thought, but they decided to leave anyway.

Driving home, he could see a giant gray mass rising over the western horizon of the town. A reporter at The Joplin Globe, Kennedy knew that a story, not yet knowing how big, was unfolding and tried to make his way to the newsroom.

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