Correction to news release 'Debris from Joplin tornado may have traveled record 525 miles'
May 28, 2011
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The receipt from a Joplin, Mo. tire store that made its way to Indiana was not deposited by the May 22 tornado. Upon further investigation another explanation was discovered. The receipt was left by a visiting relative who later recalled the Joplin purchase.
Writer: Elizabeth K. Gardner, 765-494-2081, ekgardner@purdue.edu
Sources: Ernest Agee, office: 765-494-3282, cell: 765-427-6296, eagee@purdue.edu