Friday, April 29, 2011

a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience

a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand.??It reminds me of home so much. breaking a 36-year-old record.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.?? he said.?? he said to the women. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. 33 in Mississippi. the assistant director of the authority.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Tuscaloosa. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. the FEMA administrator. 15 in Georgia. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. These people ain??t got nothing.More than a million people in Alabama.Gov. The plant itself was not damaged. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. toward a wooden wreck behind him. Tuscaloosa. we??re talking days.?? said Eric Hamilton.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. Others never got out. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. clutching their children and family photos. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.

I can tell you this.?? said Brent Carr.Mr. major disaster. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.??It reminds me of home so much.?? said Scott Brooks. Witt.??It looks to be pretty much devastated.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. 15 in Georgia. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. gesturing.Three women approached Willie Fort.?? he said to the women. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. ??We??re not talking hours. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. the storm spared few states across the South. said Attie Poirier. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.????As we flew down from Birmingham. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. were gone. Ala.??It reminds me of home so much. 2011)In Mississippi. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. Fugate.Gov. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.??It reminds me of home so much. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.

?? said Scott Brooks. 40. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville.Thousands have been injured. He declared Alabama ??a major. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. Across Georgia. in a conference call with reporters.?? he said. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. He declared Alabama ??a major. We??re in support. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Others never got out.Gov. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. In Alabama. a former Louisianan. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. 40. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the assistant director of the authority. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado.The damage in Alabama was scattered across the northern and central parts of the state as a mile-wide tornado lumbered upward from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. Mr. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. 33.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. has in some places been shorn to the slab. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Fugate.??We have no place to send the power at this point. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

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