Here's another cool image that shows the destruction in Joplin. Centered on Joplin High School, these before and after satellite images are overlayed. Use the slider to go back and forth.
I live just outside of Joplin and the devastation in the area directly hit is truly unexplainable. Luckily, both myself and those close to me were spared. The good news on the Westboro folks is that a group of truckers penned in their bus at a local truck stop, and they didn't make it out to the presidential speech to protest -- or so I'm told. A week and 1/2 of stress helping others tells me its time for some play time, though.