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I could understand if the EF5 damage was easily missable and I know it is the survey teams' responsibility to perform a close inspection of the damage, but it is still annoying when (a) the NWS nukes a lot of their old, useful resources, and not a single other cameraman bothered to document the EF5 damage, or (b) NEITHER a news crew nor the survey team bothered to take any pictures of the violent damage. For good reason it is important for a damage point to be documented by more than just one reliable source, and to have actual visual documentation in the first place, but that goes without saying.Well you have to keep in mind that most people aren't able to recognize damage above the EF3 threshold; EF4 and EF5 damage are often so extreme most people don't realize what they're looking at, especially if an EF5 swept away a large building; if you're not from the area you likely wouldn't recognize anything was amiss unless you closely went up and examined the foundation; it's unlikely news crews have enough time to fully document damage like that, plus it's not their jobs; that's the damage survey teams' job.