With all of this technology, With all of this knowledge with all of this progress, planning and pride, in the end, all we can do is stand and watch...then help rebuild after the storm.
We really haven't been in the office too much this week. For obvious reasons. However thanks to the ease of ArcGIS Online and work of some other GIS folks in the area, we are able to set up this map depicting the relative path and some field verified points of destruction in the area. http://ow.ly/r49V0
Zoom Out to see the ESTIMATED Tornado Path and More areas Affected.
Also *Special Shoutout to City of Pekin GIS and the OSM Volunteer Editors busy digitizing home footprints.