What was the cost of the damages from the tornado at Joplin?
2011 Joplin tornado
Engineers have criticized the tilt up construction of the Home Depot in which all but two of its walls collapsed in a domino effect after the tornado lifted the roof, killing seven people in the front of the store (although 28 people in the back of the store survived when those walls collapsed outwards). Home Depot officials said they disagreed with the study published by The Kansas City Star and said they would use the tilt up practice when they rebuild the Joplin store.[51] On June 1, The Home Depot said it would have a new temporary 30,000-square-foot (2,800m2) building built and operational within two weeks. In the meantime, it opened for business in the parking lot of its demolished building.[52] On June 20, The Home Depot opened a temporary 60,000-square-foot (5,600m2) building constructed by the company's disaster recovery team.[53]