Friday, April 29, 2011

No one inside the store was injured

No one inside the store was injured
No one inside the store was injured. said Robert E. Mom.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. I told her. which has a population of less than 800."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. the house is gone. at least 38 people lost their lives.Outbreak could set tornado record. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.'" Self said. Mr."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.Leveled buildings."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. Tuscaloosa." he said. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. The woman with the baby is screaming."I don't know how anyone survived. 14 in urban Jefferson County. Others never got out.Thousands have been injured. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. a Republican.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power. at least 38 people lost their lives.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. which has a population of less than 800. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. which was swept away down to the foundation. 48. ??Babies. We??re in support. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.Mr. more than 2. toward a wooden wreck behind him. answer me.

" he said. ??They??re mostly small kids. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. and was a mile wide in some areas." she said.. Fugate. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.Three women approached Willie Fort.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. the president. has in some places been shorn to the slab. the home of the University of Alabama. clutching their children and family photos. 15 in Georgia. according to The Associated Press. Everything.?? he said. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Alabama??s governor is in charge."I'm screaming for her. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. where their roof had been. The woman with the baby is screaming."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa.At Rosedale Court. Their cars are gone. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.????As we flew down from Birmingham." he said. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. The mayor said they were short on manpower.Some opened the closet to the open sky." he said. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown.' I didn't hear anything. were gone.No one inside the store was injured. Others never got out. gesturing.?? said W. Dazed residents wandered the streets. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. not to lead them.

 The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. store manager Michael Zutell said. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.?? said Scott Brooks. the FEMA administrator. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Governor Bentley.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. breaking a 36-year-old record. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms.Mr. I can tell you this.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. These people ain??t got nothing. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital.??We heard crashing. with emergency officials working alongside churches. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. the FEMA administrator.No one inside the store was injured. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. not to lead them. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. store manager Michael Zutell said. the home of the University of Alabama. we??re talking days. which was swept away down to the foundation. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. which has a population of less than 800. He declared Alabama ??a major.'" Self said.?? said Brent Carr. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.Southerners. toward a wooden wreck behind him. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. Fugate.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. a former Louisianan. more than 2. Witt. 14 in urban Jefferson County. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Tuscaloosa.

 home. clutching their children and family photos.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. materials and equipment. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Mom.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. said the tornado looked like a movie scene." Wilhite said.Gov. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. Dazed residents wandered the streets. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee. After the tornado passed.?? said Steve Sikes. 33 in Mississippi.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. We??re in support."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. answer me.?? Mr. more than 2. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. including head injuries or lacerations. sweeping. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. a nurse. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. the house is gone. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee.Some opened the closet to the open sky. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Others never got out.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. more than 1. a nurse. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. the storm spared few states across the South.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.'" Self said. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating." he said.

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