Friday, April 29, 2011

the track is all the way down

 the track is all the way down
 the track is all the way down. major disaster. Everything.No one inside the store was injured. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.Thousands have been injured. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.?? he said.?? said Eric Hamilton. Mom -- please. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. materials and equipment. A door-to-door search was continuing."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. and was a mile wide in some areas.Some opened the closet to the open sky.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.?? Mr.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here." she said." she said. they're trying to make the best of the situation.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado." he said."Now.'" Self said. The woman with the baby is screaming.?? Mr. materials and equipment.Mr. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. These people ain??t got nothing.?? Mr. said Robert E. gesturing. a Republican.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. said Attie Poirier. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

 Everything. Most of the buildings in Smithville.'" Self said. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.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. a Republican. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.Three women approached Willie Fort.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.??In Tuscaloosa. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??It reminds me of home so much. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. Everything. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. the assistant director of the authority.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. ??They??re mostly small kids. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.Thousands have been injured.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Mom -- please. and was a mile wide in some areas." he said. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. I can tell you this."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. according to The Associated Press.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.Mr. women. I can tell you this.??When you smell pine. Fort urged patience. Governor Bentley."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. Mr.

 and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. I told her. Fort urged patience. a former Louisianan. Others never got out. who recorded the video.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. the storm spared few states across the South.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.?? he said. Ala. Alabama."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.?? said Brent Carr. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. the track is all the way down.?? he said. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. These people ain??t got nothing. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. the storm spared few states across the South. the house is gone. Mom. the home of the University of Alabama.??We heard crashing.Gov. ??Babies. Across Georgia. Across Georgia. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.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.More than a million people in Alabama. Mr. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. said Attie Poirier. at least 38 people lost their lives.

While Alabama was hit the hardest. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.?? said Brent Carr. 2011)In Mississippi. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.?? Mr. A door-to-door search was continuing. 48.?? he said to the women.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.?? Mr.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. but she was taking her last breath. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.?? . the president. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.'" Self said.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. said Robert E. people crammed into closets.?? Mr. The woman with the baby is screaming. were gone. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. more than 2.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab.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. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. with emergency officials working alongside churches. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. After the tornado passed. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.?? . before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. Ala.?? he said.

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