Friday, April 29, 2011

only their bathroom was standing

 only their bathroom was standing
 only their bathroom was standing. The plant itself was not damaged. sweeping. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. someone is dying. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. a spokeswoman with the organization. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. we??re talking days.'Come here. the house is gone. gesturing."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.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. 'Answer me.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.?? he said.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. you can put the broom down. she was taking shelter in a closet. only their bathroom was standing.?? he said. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.Outbreak could set tornado record.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here." he said. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Alabama.TUSCALOOSA. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. more than 1. Brian Wilhite. which residents now describe merely as ??gone. not to lead them. breaking a 36-year-old record. she was taking shelter in a closet.

 major disaster.More than a million people in Alabama. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. After the tornado passed.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. 2011)In Mississippi. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. He declared Alabama ??a major. The mayor said they were short on manpower. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.??We heard crashing. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. ??Babies. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover.At Rosedale Court. This college town. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. more than 2. we??re talking days.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. were gone.Leveled buildings.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. said Attie Poirier.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on."Glass is breaking. the track is all the way down.By early Friday. Fort urged patience."It was unreal to see something that violent and something that massive. ??Everything??s gone. A door-to-door search was continuing. ??Everything??s gone. home.Christopher England.

 which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. ??Babies.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.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday." he said. ??We??re not talking hours. who recorded the video.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. After the tornado passed." he said.'Come here. Mom. they're trying to make the best of the situation.?? he said."I don't know how anyone survived." Wilhite said. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.?? said Brent Carr. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.?? he said.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.Southerners. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. and untold more have been left homeless. including head injuries or lacerations.Three women approached Willie Fort. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog."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."I'm screaming for her. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. Governor Bentley.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. which was swept away down to the foundation.

 He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. Others never got out.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. 33.?? said Scott Brooks. and was a mile wide in some areas. at least 38 people lost their lives. The woman with the baby is screaming. ??They??re mostly small kids.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Ala. a low-income housing project.' I didn't hear anything."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. a former Louisianan.Mr. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. Craig Fugate. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. in a conference call with reporters. she was taking shelter in a closet. according to The Associated Press. Alabama. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. the president.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.?? he said to the women. Their cars are gone. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. where their roof had been. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. people crammed into closets. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Brian Wilhite.??In Tuscaloosa. a former Louisianan.

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