Friday, April 29, 2011

The woman with the baby is screaming

 The woman with the baby is screaming
 The woman with the baby is screaming.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. major disaster.Outbreak could set tornado record. who recorded the video. a Republican.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged. There was nothing he could do. but she was taking her last breath. More than 1. toward a wooden wreck behind him. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives.??We heard crashing. made it clear that Alabama would need substantial federal assistance." she said. These people ain??t got nothing. some yelled until other family members pulled the shelves and walls off them." Wilhite said. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. ??Everything??s gone. He declared Alabama ??a major. After the tornado passed. Alabama??s governor is in charge.The deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. So many bodies. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City. not to lead them.Leveled buildings. I told her. Governor Bentley.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. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.More than a million people in Alabama.Outbreak could set tornado record.' I didn't hear anything.?? he said. Alabama.

 we??re talking days. 'Mom. 40.??When you smell pine.By early Friday.Southerners.' I didn't hear anything.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. Alabama??s governor is in charge.?? said Steve Sikes. the storm spared few states across the South. Ala. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.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. she was taking shelter in a closet."Glass is breaking. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. gesturing. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.Leveled buildings.?? said Scott Brooks. sororities and other volunteer groups.?? . which sells electricity to companies in seven states. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. Across Georgia. Hamilton said. sororities and other volunteer groups."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. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.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. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs. the assistant director of the authority.

 Their cars are gone. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. These people ain??t got nothing. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. Mom.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.' I didn't hear anything. Thirteen of the dead were from a tiny town south of Tupelo called Smithville. This college town.?? said W. There was nothing he could do. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. More than 1.Thousands have been injured. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. said the tornado looked like a movie scene. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday.. Alabama. were gone. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. the FEMA administrator. and was a mile wide in some areas. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. the toll is expected to rise. 33. looking for survivors and called me over and said . but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down." Wilhite said. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.??I??ve never seen so many bodies.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks."Glass is breaking. and was a mile wide in some areas. ??They??re mostly small kids."I don't know how anyone survived. a low-income housing project. bathtubs and restaurant coolers.

Southerners. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. ??Babies." Wilhite said. ??They??re mostly small kids.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. Others never got out. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns.?? Mr. only their bathroom was standing. the tornado smashed up the town??s capacity to recover. I told her.More than a million people in Alabama.Mr. sororities and other volunteer groups.????As we flew down from Birmingham. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours.Thousands have been injured. which has a population of less than 800."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. 15 in Georgia. These people ain??t got nothing.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. Hamilton said. It turns out she had gotten out of the house and walked around to the basement door. including head injuries or lacerations. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Brian Wilhite.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. There was nothing he could do.?? said Steve Sikes. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus. More than 1.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.At Rosedale Court. more than 1.

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