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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Courtesy of KOAM-TV (Pittsburg, Kansas) at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.koamtv.com/story/14875802/cat-found-alive-in-debris-16-days-after-ef-5-tornado">http://www.koamtv.com/story/14875802/cat-found-alive-in-debris-16-days-after-ef-5-tornado</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cat found alive in debris 16 days after EF-5 tornado demolishes Joplin home<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>JOPLIN, MISSOURI - Like most Joplin residents, it's been a tough couple of weeks for Terrla and J.E. Cruse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>After they heard the second tornado siren go off on Sunday May 22, they found their dog and took cover about a minute before the tornado hit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"We had a basement so we were very fortunate," Terrla said in a phone interview on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Their home at 2417 South Joplin was destroyed in the EF-5 tornado. They registered with FEMA, filed their insurance, and have been able to find several items in the rubble.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Unfortunately, one of their cats was dead and a second cat, 13 year old Laverne, was still missing. They checked the Joplin Humane Society a couple of times, but with no luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"I didn't think we'd find her, honestly," Terrla said. "I just didn't think she'd make it at all."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>On Tuesday June 7 Terrla was digging through what used to be their home one last time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"She never said that she went back to look for her," Terrla's sister-in-law, Jennifer Long said in a phone interview Thursday. "She just kind of assumed she hadn't make it."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"We knew FEMA was coming in and we had only a limited about of time," Terrla said. "My sister-in-law (on the phone) asked 'what would you do if Laverne poked her head up and started meowing?'"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>About five minutes later they heard a cat meow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"I thought it was a neighbors cat," Terrla said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>They followed the meows but couldn't find the cat. After a few minutes the cat stopped meowing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thinking maybe they had crushed it even more, Terrla told "I said a little prayer and said 'please meow one more time'".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A few minutes later they heard the cat meow again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wedged under the debris was Laverne.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hungry and dehydrated, Terrla took Laverne to the vet and she is now doing fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>"(Terrla) was thrilled - I could tell she had been crying," Jennifer said. "She was very excited. They hadn't planned on going back at all and they went back one more time and they found her."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=600 height=450 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image007.jpg@01CC2816.683E0BB0" alt="14875802_BG8.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG8.jpg">http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG8.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=440 height=586 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CC2816.683E0BB0" alt="14875802_BG1.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG1.jpg">http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG1.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=400 height=534 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image009.jpg@01CC2816.683E0BB0" alt="14875802_BG6.JPG"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG6.JPG">http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG6.JPG</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=576 height=768 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image010.jpg@01CC2816.683E0BB0" alt="14875802_BG5.JPG"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG5.JPG">http://koam.images.worldnow.com/images/14875802_BG5.JPG</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seeya round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>