Friday, April 29, 2011

Everything

 Everything
 Everything.????As we flew down from Birmingham. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. Over all. I told her. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. This college town. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority."I don't know how anyone survived.Some opened the closet to the open sky."The last thing she said on the phone. breaking a 36-year-old record.TUSCALOOSA."The last thing she said on the phone.??When you smell pine. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. Zutell said. 40."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. were gone. We smelled pine. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Alabama??s governor is in charge. We smelled pine. Tuscaloosa. the assistant director of the authority.?? said W..??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. Most of the buildings in Smithville. Tuscaloosa. The plant itself was not damaged. There was nothing he could do. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Ala. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. 'Answer me. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge.?? Mr. and she asked me if I was OK.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. Fort urged patience. 'Answer me.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit.?? said Scott Brooks.?? said Brent Carr. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began."My husband was walking around. only their bathroom was standing. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. Others never got out."The last thing she said on the phone. and untold more have been left homeless.

 Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads. So many bodies."Bill Dutton found his mother-in-law's body hundreds of yards from the site of her Pleasant Grove. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival.??In Tuscaloosa. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. 40. someone is dying. a nurse.Thousands have been injured. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.??It looks to be pretty much devastated. they're trying to make the best of the situation. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. looking for survivors and called me over and said . This college town. the president." Wilhite said. Dazed residents wandered the streets. Across Georgia. people crammed into closets.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. the home of the University of Alabama. with emergency officials working alongside churches."The last thing she said on the phone.The widespread devastation in areas across the South left residents reeling Thursday. Most of the buildings in Smithville. major disaster. Mom.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. sororities and other volunteer groups. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville.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. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery." he said. the toll is expected to rise. but on Thursday hope was dwindling. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. Alabama.'Come here. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads."I don't know how anyone survived. 'Answer me. breaking a 36-year-old record. sweeping. gesturing.Christopher England. he said. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. More than 1. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. the assistant director of the authority."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. women.

??I??ve never seen so many bodies. not to lead them. he said. This college town.Mr.Thousands have been injured.By early Friday. Witt."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.?? he said. ??Everything??s gone. Ala. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.??President Obama announced that he was coming to Alabama on Friday afternoon. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year. at least 38 people lost their lives.??We heard crashing. 40.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. and she asked me if I was OK."The last thing she said on the phone. Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city.?? said Brent Carr. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority.Southerners. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.." she said.Thousands have been injured.Leveled buildings. Across Georgia.??I??ve never seen so many bodies. not to lead them. 2011)In Mississippi.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here.A mother cradling an infant sprinted inside just before the twister hit. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. which was swept away down to the foundation. a low-income housing project. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down."The last thing she said on the phone. 2011)In Mississippi.An enormous response operation was under way across the South. emphasized in a number of appearances that the agency??s job at this stage was to play ??a support role?? to the states in recovery efforts. answer me. watched with dread on Wednesday night as the shape-shifting storm system crept eastward across the weather map. Witt.Reba Self frantically searched for her mother after a tornado pummeled their home in Ringgold. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.'" Self said. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson. at least 38 people lost their lives.?? said W. ??They??re mostly small kids." he said. Tuscaloosa. with emergency officials working alongside churches.

 Witt. Hamilton said. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. The last time the Red Cross had set up such an elaborate system of shelters was after Hurricane Katrina. Most of the buildings in Smithville." he said. There was nothing he could do. Mr. in a conference call with reporters.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. breaking a 36-year-old record.More than a million people in Alabama. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials.Along with the swath of destruction it cut through Tuscaloosa.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on."My husband was walking around. with more than half ?? 204 people ?? in Alabama. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August. More than 1. women. materials and equipment. telling harrowing tales of devastation and survival. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. The plant itself was not damaged. This college town." he said. bathtubs and restaurant coolers. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. home. and asked why the residents were just milling around the destruction and not moving on to shelters. Alabama." he said." said Dr. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. only their bathroom was standing.. with 104 of them coming from Alabama and Mississippi. 'Mom.?? said W.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.??When folks lose everything they just looking and holding on. the storm spared few states across the South. "I tried to stop her bleeding and save her. in a conference call with reporters.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters.. and was a mile wide in some areas. Alabama. These people ain??t got nothing. A door-to-door search was continuing. sororities and other volunteer groups.

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