In every weather disaster, there seems to be an image or object that survives, even when everything else around it has collapsed. Sometimes, that image is the American flag. Here are some gripping photos of Old Glory still standing after last weekend's tornadoes passed.
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A tattered American flag flies over a vehicle where two young girls were found after a severe thunderstorm spawned a massive tornado at Hideaway Mobile Home Villa in Woodward, Oklahoma shortly after midnight Sunday, April 15, 2012. The girls, Faith and Kelley Hobbie, ages 5 and 7, and their father, Frank Hobbie, were three of the five fatalities in the Northwest Oklahoma destruction.
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A torn flag flies over the war memorial in Thurman, Iowa, Sunday, April 15, 2012. A large part of the town in the western part of the state was destroyed Saturday night, but no one was injured or killed. Fremont County Emergency Management Director Mike Crecelius said about 75 percent of the 250-person town was destroyed.
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Melissa Davis, of Salina, Kansas walks past what remains of the stairway of her friend's home, Sunday, April 15, 2012, in Marquette, Kansas.
(http://i.imwx.com/web/news/2012/april/600x405okla_woodward_flag_outside_home.jpg)A flag flies outside a tornado damaged home in Woodward, Okla., Sunday, April 15, 2012.
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A flag lays on the twisted metal base of a mobile home following a tornado in Woodward, Okla., Sunday, April 15, 2012. Residents of several states scoured through the wreckage of battered homes and businesses after dozens of tornadoes blitzed the Midwest and Plains Saturday night.
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Ashley Hort carries her late grandfather's flag out after a tornado struck Woodward, Okla., Sunday, April 15, 2012.
Thank you, Warph. Stark reminders that ideals rise above adversity.
Super nice. Did you notice the image on the one flag ?
No, Diane. What are you seeing that I am not?