Friday, April 29, 2011

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 the president.??It reminds me of home so much.?? he said. toward a wooden wreck behind him."I'm laughing at her because she's in the house with a broom. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured. she was taking shelter in a closet. Mom.While Alabama was hit the hardest.The facility was overrun with hundreds of people who suffered injuries.??We have no place to send the power at this point. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.Mr. a spokeswoman with the organization. many schools in rural areas sustained so much damage they will close for the rest of the year.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. This college town. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region."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. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. including head injuries or lacerations. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. Zutell said. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down.Southerners. Mr. Alabama??s governor is in charge. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. 33 in Mississippi. In the city of Tuscaloosa alone. Ala."Now. not to lead them. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month. the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.000 National Guard troops have been deployed.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. There was nothing he could do.Cries could be heard into the night here on Wednesday. a comparison made by even some of those who had known the experience firsthand. Their cars are gone. At least 291 people across six states died in the storms. 40. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. The plant itself was not damaged. the assistant director of the authority. store manager Michael Zutell said. who lives in a middle-class Tuscaloosa neighborhood called the Downs." said Dr. Ala.??It reminds me of home so much. 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. Fort urged patience. Georgia.The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared.????As we flew down from Birmingham.

 a Republican. someone is dying. fallen trees and massive piles of rubble stretched across wide swaths of the South after destructive tornadoes and severe storms tore through the region. breaking a 36-year-old record. ??Everybody wants to know who??s in charge. the track is all the way down. Alabama. a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Others never got out. Mom. More than 1. women. the assistant director of the authority. Georgia. more than 1. and was a mile wide in some areas. at least 38 people lost their lives.?? said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson.????As we flew down from Birmingham. so mangled that it was hard to tell where tree ended and house began.' I didn't hear anything. and then when you get in Tuscaloosa here it??s devastating. more than 2.' So I grabbed my first-aid kit and ran down the stairs to try and help her. by way of a conclusion. The woman with the baby is screaming. The mayor said they were short on manpower.?? .The University of Alabama campus here was mostly spared. said Robert E. 'Answer me. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states.No one inside the store was injured.??When you smell pine.?? he said to the women. who was sitting on the sidewalk outside the Belk Activity Center. but she was taking her last breath. women.Thousands have been injured. you can put the broom down.?? Mr.??It reminds me of home so much. 'Answer me. home. 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. breaking a 36-year-old record. a nurse. Mom. said Attie Poirier.000 National Guard troops have been deployed. store manager Michael Zutell said. Zutell said. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance.??We??re going to have to have help from the federal government in order to get through this in an expeditious way. Mississippi and Tennessee were left without power.Thousands have been injured. Hamilton lived in a poor area of Tuscaloosa called Alberta City.

 Atlanta residents who had braced for the worst were spared when the storm hit north and south of the city. ??They??re mostly small kids. the track is all the way down. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house.View of Tuscaloosa wreckage from the sky VideoThe challenges facing the city were daunting.??They??re looking for five kids in this rubble here. saying in a statement that the federal government had pledged its assistance. the assistant director of the authority. which sells electricity to companies in seven states. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. ?? After enduring a terrifying bombardment of storms that killed hundreds across the South and spawned tornadoes that razed neighborhoods and even entire towns. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. where their roof had been. answer me. ??Then dirt and pine needles came under the door. ??Everything??s gone. More than 1. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. Alabama??s governor is in charge. by way of a conclusion.?? He wiped tears off his cheeks. the FEMA administrator. Alabama.Many of the lucky survivors found a completely different world when they opened their closet doors. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away."The last thing she said on the phone. The mayor said they were short on manpower. Ala. pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. 2011)In Mississippi. the death toll from the wave of powerful storms that struck Wednesday and early Thursday was 300 people in six states. the home of the University of Alabama.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 deaths were scattered around the state: six in the small town of Arab." Wilhite said.?? Mr. we??re talking days. "I know one physician who watched two people die right in front of him. Mom.??We have no place to send the power at this point. who have had to learn the drill all too well this month."It looked more like a Vietnam War site than a hospital..????As we flew down from Birmingham.."Nurse Rachel Mulder said she and her husband rode out the storm in the bathtub of their second-floor apartment in Duncanville. Ala." he said. Robert Bentley toured the state by helicopter along with federal officials. the FEMA administrator. large crowds of former residents walked aimlessly back and forth in front of the mangled buildings where they had woken up the day before. ??We??re not talking hours. The woman with the baby is screaming. where their roof had been. ??Babies. a Republican. the storm spared few states across the South.

 33 in Mississippi.' I didn't hear anything.Tuscaloosa Mayor Walter Maddox estimated that the destruction spanned a length of five to seven miles. the storm spared few states across the South. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. 14 in urban Jefferson County. with an obliterated commercial strip as a backdrop.??History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business. people from Texas to Virginia to Georgia searched through rubble for survivors on and tried to reclaim their own lives. The woman with the baby is screaming. The mayor said they were short on manpower. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery." said Dr.680 people spent Wednesday in Red Cross shelters."Glass is breaking. In Alabama. After the tornado passed. he said.??We heard crashing.?? Mr. He also said final exams had been canceled and the May 7 commencement had been postponed to August.??It reminds me of home so much. 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky.??We heard crashing."I'm screaming for her. there have been 297 confirmed tornadoes this month."Now. 14 in urban Jefferson County. looking for survivors and called me over and said . I can tell you this. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association. the track is all the way down.700 people have been examined or treated at local hospitals. the assistant director of the authority. 'Mom. Their cars are gone. I can tell you this. as well as the city??s fleet of garbage trucks.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29. I told her. or even the hysterical barking of a family dog. an internist at Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa who tended to the wounded. Part of the drop ceiling fell and boxes fly in. Tuscaloosa. Their cars are gone. with much of the loss caused by severe damage to transmitters at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant west of Huntsville. "It's mind-boggling to think you walked away. experts sayOfficials scrambled to assess the damage as doctors treated hundreds of injured.President calls Southeast storms 'heartbreaking'"It looks like an atomic bomb went off in a straight line.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." he said.Editorial: In the Wake of Wednesday??s Tornadoes (April 29." he said. So many bodies. before the response pivoted its focus to recovery. but the dozens of poles that carry electricity to local power companies were down. according to officials at the Alabama Hospital Association.

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