A tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, wiping out neighborhoods and killing at... (Associated Press) 
 
 Storm clouds pass over the devastated Greenbriar Nursing Home in Joplin, Mo. Eleven residents of the facility died when an EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging... (Associated Press) 
 
 Cars drive down debris-lined streets on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Joplin, Mo. Sally Adams, 75, said neighbors rescued her Sunday after the storm destroyed her house and took her to a friend's home. (AP Photo/Mark... (Associated Press) 
 
 The Associated Press found 75-year-old Sally Adams sitting on a wooden chair and cuddling her pet cat Thursday. Missouri officials had said they believed many of the missing were alive and safe but simply hadn't been in touch with friends and family, in part because cell phone service has been spotty. Adams said she lost her cell phone in the storm and had no way of contacting her family to let them know she was OK. She was placed on the missing list after relatives called a hot line and posted Facebook messages saying she was missing. Her son, Bill Adams, said he told authorities his mother was alive after he learned she was safe, yet she remained on their unaccounted-for list Thursday afternoon.
– Joplin officials have released a list of 232 people still unaccounted for in the wake of the deadliest tornado ever recorded in the US. Search and rescue teams haven’t found any new survivors of the disaster since Tuesday, but Joplin officials tell the AP that they don’t think everyone on the list is dead—they suspect many have simply been cut off from communicating with their families because of still-spotty cell phone reception. Indeed, the AP tracked down the first person on the list—75-year-old Sally Adams—and found her alive and well, sitting on a wooden chair and petting her cat. Neighbors rescued Adams after her home was destroyed, but she’s lost her cell phone and had no way to contact her family. Told she was on the missing list, Adams replied, “Get me off of there!”