Angie Rodgers sits in a small, air-conditioned shed plopped down in the middle of Sloanville Drive outside Sikeston, Missouri. She works on her computer surrounded by piles of personal hygiene kits, lost items and boxes from the local foodbank.

“So, the command post is a makeshift area,” Rodgers said. “We have put a shower trailer that has been donated for our use by DAEOC (Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation)… We have a washer and dryer for the residents. We have porta potties.”

It's June 13 — just three weeks since an EF3 tornado swept through several areas of the state, including Scott County, and left the community of Sloanville in pieces.

Rodgers, the executive director of the Scott County 911 Emergency Service Board, said they’ve been out in the command post nearly every d

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