In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, abandoned buildings line Main Steet in Picher, Okla.
In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, a chat pile at the end of a road is all that is left of a neighborhood destroyed by last year's tornado in Picher, Okla.
An abandoned storefront is seen in Picher, Okla.
The Picher, Oka. water tower is seen behind a building damaged by a lightning strike and subsequent fire in Picher, Okla.
In this Sunday, May 11, 2008 photo, a pickup truck rests on its side amid debris after a tornado ripped through Picher, Okla. Chat piles from the old lead mines are seen in the background.
In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, the slab from a home which was demolished after being damaged by last year's tornado is pictured in Picher, Okla. Chat piles from the old lead mines are seen in the background.
In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, a monument to Picher High School's 1984 football team is shown in Picher, Okla.
In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2009, the exterior of G&J's Gorillas Cage cafe is pictured in Picher, Okla. The sign on the window is left from over a year ago when a tornado destroyed much of the town.
Orval "Hoppy" Ray, right, talks with a reporter in his pool hall/mueum in Picher, Okla., as his grandson Steve Ray, left, and son Steven Ray, center, look on.
A sample of lead and a sculpture of former miner Orval "Hoppy" Ray are on display in Ray's pool hall/museum in Picher, Okla.
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