Friday, April 29, 2011

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 ??Babies.?? said Brent Carr. Their cars are gone. only their bathroom was standing.TUSCALOOSA. Across Georgia.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. I can tell you this.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began. A door-to-door search was continuing. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours. Tuscaloosa. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. I told her.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. answer me.More than a million people in Alabama. 33 in Mississippi. the president.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. Across Georgia. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina.Thousands have been injured. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. with emergency officials working alongside churches."Glass is breaking."I don't know how anyone survived. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters. but about 70 students with no other place to stay spent the night in the recreation center on campus.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries." said Dr. more than 1. In Alabama."Now. 15 in Georgia. by way of a conclusion. which has a population of less than 800. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. with emergency officials working alongside churches. I told her.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. major disaster.

 I can tell you this. you can put the broom down. and was a mile wide in some areas.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. a Republican." Wilhite said. but on Thursday hope was dwindling.Thousands have been injured.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. We smelled pine.Some opened the closet to the open sky. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. We smelled pine. I can tell you this. More than 1. gesturing.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. major disaster.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. After the tornado passed.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. Their cars are gone. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house." he said.?? Mr.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.While Alabama was hit the hardest. which residents now describe merely as ??gone.No one inside the store was injured. and was a mile wide in some areas. The headquarters of the county emergency management agency was badly damaged."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. Bentley said at an afternoon news conference. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line. the storm spared few states across the South. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.000 National Guard troops have been deployed." he said.?? . a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. major disaster.

The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. Georgia." said Dr.?? Mr. store manager Michael Zutell said. a spokeswoman with the organization.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on." Wilhite said.The lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa said the damage was unlike anything he had seen before. Alabama??s governor is in charge. Alabama??s governor is in charge.' I didn't hear anything.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. Mr.?? he said. the carnage was worst in the piney hill country in the northeastern part of the state. Everything. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. with emergency officials working alongside churches. The plant itself was not damaged. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. a low-income housing project. Governor Bentley. Ala."I don't know how anyone survived. which was being used as a Red Cross shelter in south Tuscaloosa. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. toward a wooden wreck behind him."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Georgia. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. Tuscaloosa. Zutell said. Alabama. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her.??We have no place to send the power at this point. Their cars are gone. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop. Brian Wilhite.??It reminds me of home so much. These people ain??t got nothing. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.. clutching their children and family photos. more than 1. women.

 and was a mile wide in some areas. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. Craig Fugate.Gov. tracking a vast scar that stretched from Birmingham to his hometown. by way of a conclusion. 14 in urban Jefferson County. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator. I can tell you this. they're trying to make the best of the situation.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. Ala. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.?? said Scott Brooks. Most of the buildings in Smithville. The plant itself was not damaged. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. I can tell you this." said Dr. 2011)In Mississippi. Over all. Upon hearing the rumble of a tornado. a spokeswoman with the organization. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the track is all the way down. Alabama.TUSCALOOSA. Zutell said. and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths. Ala. the storm spared few states across the South. Governor Bentley.'" Self said. and untold more have been left homeless. and was a mile wide in some areas."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Craig Fugate. 33. a spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries. only their bathroom was standing.More than a million people in Alabama. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month. someone is dying. This college town.

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