Friday, April 29, 2011

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 who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center
 who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. said Attie Poirier. The woman with the baby is screaming.?? ."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. 48. but she was taking her last breath. the home of the University of Alabama. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. This college town. There was nothing he could do."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive.?? he said. looking for survivors and called me over and said . Hamilton said.?? he said. by way of a conclusion. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone." he said. said Robert E. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. So many bodies. Hamilton said.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. more than 2.Gov.?? Mr. people crammed into closets.??We heard crashing. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. who recorded the video. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Mom -- please." Wilhite said.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. but she was taking her last breath. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Tuscaloosa."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. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.Some opened the closet to the open sky.??When you smell pine. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power." Wilhite said. breaking a 36-year-old record. Most of the buildings in Smithville. someone is dying. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. Alabama??s governor is in charge.Outbreak could set tornado record.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. a nurse.

 but she was taking her last breath. A door-to-door search was continuing. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. These people ain??t got nothing. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. looking for survivors and called me over and said .' I didn't hear anything. more than 1." he said. clutching their children and family photos. 15 in Georgia.Some opened the closet to the open sky."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. Fugate. We smelled pine.?? he said. a Republican. the FEMA administrator. Alabama. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Governor Bentley. ??Babies. the toll is expected to rise. 14 in urban Jefferson County.????As we flew down from Birmingham. gesturing.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. materials and equipment.Thousands have been injured.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. Mom. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.Some opened the closet to the open sky. ??We??re not talking hours. the assistant director of the authority. The plant itself was not damaged. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. We??re in support. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters..The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.Mr.?? he said to the women.Christopher England. Hamilton said. the storm spared few states across the South. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. the home of the University of Alabama. Everything. a nurse. I can tell you this. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.

 I told her.Across nine states. she was taking shelter in a closet. said Attie Poirier. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. The woman with the baby is screaming. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Over all. we??re talking days.Southerners. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.??It reminds me of home so much.At Rosedale Court. Alabama." said Dr. someone is dying. The woman with the baby is screaming.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.??We heard crashing. 33. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. The woman with the baby is screaming. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. So many bodies.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. more than 1. where their roof had been.By early Friday. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. materials and equipment. Brian Wilhite. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. I told her." he said. 15 in Georgia. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. A door-to-door search was continuing. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away." 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. Across Georgia. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.?? said W.??We have no place to send the power at this point.' I didn't hear anything. In Alabama. the president."I don't know how anyone survived." he said.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. by way of a conclusion. We??re in support.

 answer me.. 48. 33. Mr. they're trying to make the best of the situation. home.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Across Georgia. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged."I'm screaming for her. Ala.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.While Alabama was hit the hardest. 40. looking for survivors and called me over and said . said the tornado looked like a movie scene. I can tell you this. The woman with the baby is screaming.More than a million people in Alabama. 40. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. at least 38 people lost their lives. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. where their roof had been. the assistant director of the authority. 2011)In Mississippi. After the tornado passed. After the tornado passed. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. the toll is expected to rise." she said."I don't know how anyone survived. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.' I didn't hear anything. ??They??re mostly small kids.Mr.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. and was a mile wide in some areas. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. So many bodies. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.??When you smell pine. More than 1.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. in a conference call with reporters.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. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. The mayor said they were short on manpower.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.

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