April 30th there was a huge amount of tornado damage where I live right outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, and elsewhere all around the state (most notably in Scotland, Arkansas). So, on May 1, I went around East End, Arkansas and shot photos and video of all the damage I could find. It was pretty humbling to realize how quickly you can be taken out by mother nature.

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Vanessa showed me around her yard, letting me know what got broken and how it happened. Here she stands in front of her beloved trampoline.A huge uprooted tree barely missed falling on a home, but did take out the electric pole connected to the house.1035 Tucker Lane. Or what's left of it.A festive Halloween pumpkin decoration has emerged from the closet, along with everything else in the Tucker Lane house that is spread over several yards.Some of the surviving pieces from the Tucker Lane home hit by the April 30th Tornado.Luckily this art piece is still standing.Vanessa was walking around her yard, "making notes" of things that needed to be replaced. These were little more than scrawls on a post-it note. It's the thought that counts.A street sign defiantly stands intact only ten feet (literally) from where a house exploded after being hit by the tornado.The East End Fire Department got hit head on by the Tornado. Four kids and two adults were inside but all are accounted for and were miraculously uninjured.Volunteers from the community were sifting through the remains of what used to be a house.This guy moved onto an empty lot and pulled up tree stumps and worked tirelessly to make his new home comfortable. We'd noticed him working on it for weeks. Friday night, April 30th, the tornado knocked his place on it's side. Members of the community were helping him try to salvage what he could.

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