Friday, April 29, 2011

toward a wooden wreck behind him

 toward a wooden wreck behind him
 toward a wooden wreck behind him. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. which was swept away down to the foundation.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. A door-to-door search was continuing.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. the track is all the way down. We??re in support.Thousands have been injured. The mayor said they were short on manpower. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. 14 in urban Jefferson County."My husband was walking around.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. looking for survivors and called me over and said . toward a wooden wreck behind him."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. the storm spared few states across the South. he said. according to The Associated Press. with emergency officials working alongside churches.?? he said to the women." he said.Three women approached Willie Fort. not to lead them.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. Their cars are gone. the assistant director of the authority. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. where their roof had been. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. 33. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.Across nine states. Most of the buildings in Smithville. a nurse." said Dr.More than a million people in Alabama.By early Friday. by way of a conclusion.No one inside the store was injured. we??re talking days. Fort urged patience.?? said Scott Brooks. a Republican. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.No one inside the store was injured. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.No one inside the store was injured.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon.

 Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Zutell said. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Dazed residents wandered the streets.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before." Wilhite said. I can tell you this.'" Self said. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. he said. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. We smelled pine."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. women. people crammed into closets.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. the toll is expected to rise. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge."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. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. we??re talking days.Some opened the closet to the open sky.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. and untold more have been left homeless. Their cars are gone. with emergency officials working alongside churches.??When you smell pine. but she was taking her last breath. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. a low-income housing project. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.' I didn't hear anything. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.Some opened the closet to the open sky.??Officials at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said they had received 137 tornado reports on Wednesday. 40. sweeping. clutching their children and family photos." he said. the president."My husband was walking around. The woman with the baby is screaming." he said.. the track is all the way down.Three women approached Willie Fort. Fort urged patience. A door-to-door search was continuing. not to lead them. who recorded the video. the house is gone.

 33 in Mississippi."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. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone.'" Self said. said the tornado looked like a movie scene.??When you smell pine. Governor Bentley. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. the home of the University of Alabama." he said. Craig Fugate. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. more than 1. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. store manager Michael Zutell said. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.?? said W.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.?? said W.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. only their bathroom was standing. toward a wooden wreck behind him. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. Fugate. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. the president. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. people crammed into closets.?? said Steve Sikes. major disaster.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. Fugate. and was a mile wide in some areas.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29.At Rosedale Court.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Alabama. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. ??We??re not talking hours.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. the house is gone.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. according to The Associated Press.Southerners. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. answer me.

 with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. 'Answer me. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads.TUSCALOOSA.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. We??re in support. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.?? he said to the women. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. only their bathroom was standing. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference.Thousands have been injured. a low-income housing project.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. After the tornado passed..Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. where their roof had been. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Georgia. This college town." said Dr. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama.?? said W.?? . Brian Wilhite. 'Answer me.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog."I'm screaming for her. with emergency officials working alongside churches.Gov.More than a million people in Alabama. the home of the University of Alabama.' I didn't hear anything. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. more than 2.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals.??When you smell pine. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. Witt. Dazed residents wandered the streets. ??They??re mostly small kids.More than a million people in Alabama.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.

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