on top of its game in alerting us. it just moved in so quick. rick: we had reported earlier that folks in that hospital that you were referring to were told they had 20 minutes when in fact five minutes later, the windows of the hospital blew out, so the storm came a lot faster than i guess the forecasters were expecting. what about the city government? you re the mayor pro tem. is the government up and running? what kind of services are being offered to survivors of the twist sner. right now, the city of joplin, per se, is closed, because all of the staff and employees are at different locations, trying to help the residents with shelter. we have two or three different shelter facilities, our mem or hall, missouri southern university, platte center gym, and some area local churches that are being used as shelters right now for people who are injured, who don t have life threatening injuries, and who just have no home or some place to go. rick: madam mayor pro tem,