Friday, April 29, 2011

"Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds

"Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove
"Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. 33 in Mississippi.By early Friday. gesturing. ??Everything??s gone. by way of a conclusion.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.Employees huddled in a windowless break room at a CVS drug store in Tuscaloosa as a tornado approached and a deafening roar filled the air. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. at least 38 people lost their lives. Over all.While Alabama was hit the hardest. Alabama."The last thing she said on the phone. Everything." he said.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business." she said. ??Everything??s gone.Southerners. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. a low-income housing project.Three women approached Willie Fort. the track is all the way down. according to The Associated Press. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee." she said.?? said Scott Brooks.Outbreak could set tornado record.At Rosedale Court. Fugate. including head injuries or lacerations. they're trying to make the best of the situation. Fort urged patience. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.??It reminds me of home so much. These people ain??t got nothing. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Mom. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. ??Babies. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. sweeping. the storm spared few states across the South. Tuscaloosa. women. I can tell you this.More than a million people in Alabama. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. with emergency officials working alongside churches. materials and equipment.

Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals."A video shot from the third floor of the University of Alabama's basketball coliseum shows a large mass sucking everything into forbidding dark clouds above.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit."The last thing she said on the phone. only their bathroom was standing. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. Across Georgia.TUSCALOOSA. and she asked me if I was OK.?? . So many bodies. answer me. the FEMA administrator. These people ain??t got nothing. a former Louisianan. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.While Alabama was hit the hardest. which was swept away down to the foundation. answer me. a spokeswoman with the organization. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. breaking a 36-year-old record. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. but she was taking her last breath. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state."I'm screaming for her. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. 48. which has a population of less than 800. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured."I'm screaming for her."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.Mr.?? he said to the women. Ala. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. with emergency officials working alongside churches.'" Self said.?? said W. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.

 and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.??When you smell pine.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. Georgia. Mom. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. After the tornado passed. Everything. Mom -- please.'" Self said. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Over all. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states." he said. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. 2011)In Mississippi. Their cars are gone.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday.??It reminds me of home so much.?? said Brent Carr."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. looking for survivors and called me over and said .An enormous response operation was under way across the South.Christopher England. materials and equipment. Hamilton said.??When you smell pine.?? Mr.Southerners. Fort urged patience.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.??We have no place to send the power at this point.??When you smell pine.. Others never got out.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. which sells electricity to companies in seven states.??When you smell pine. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. breaking a 36-year-old record. at least 38 people lost their lives.

 which has a population of less than 800.?? Mr.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.Southerners.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. a spokeswoman with the organization.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Their cars are gone. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. He declared Alabama ??a major.????As we flew down from Birmingham. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Governor Bentley.?? said Eric Hamilton. Hamilton said.."I'm screaming for her. toward a wooden wreck behind him. the toll is expected to rise. More than 1.At Rosedale Court. materials and equipment. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. Mom -- please. but she was taking her last breath. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. clutching their children and family photos. looking for survivors and called me over and said .??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.. A door-to-door search was continuing.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday.

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