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Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« on: April 28, 2011, 10:52:07 AM »
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Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
By GREG BLUESTEIN and JAY REEVES, Associated Press – 24 mins ago

PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. – Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the South, flattening homes and businesses and killing at least 214 people in six states in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years.

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Alabama's state emergency management agency said it had confirmed 131 deaths, while there were 32 in Mississippi, 29 in Tennessee, 13 in Georgia, eight in Virginia and one in Kentucky.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it received 137 tornado reports into Wednesday night.

Some of the worst damage was in Tuscaloosa, a city of more than 83,000 that is home to the University of Alabama. Neighborhoods there were leveled by a massive tornado caught on video by a tower-mounted news camera that barreled through late Wednesday afternoon.

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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2011, 11:13:12 AM »
Say a prayer fro Tucker's wife, that she is ok.

If y'all have been reading Tucker's posts lately you know that he and his wife are in the process of moving to E TN. She is down here and he had gone back up north last week, and was due to come back down this weekend I think.

The county they are moving to, was hard hit last night about 10 or so. So far, 6 are dead. Emergency personnel are still searching.

I know they are moving to the Greenville area, but not sure exactly where. The worst part hit was on the edge of Greenville.

He has not checked in today....
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2011, 11:17:47 AM »
Quote from: debk on April 28, 2011, 11:13:12 AM
Say a prayer fro Tucker's wife, that she is ok.

If y'all have been reading Tucker's posts lately you know that he and his wife are in the process of moving to E TN. She is down here and he had gone back up north last week, and was due to come back down this weekend I think.

The county they are moving to, was hard hit last night about 10 or so. So far, 6 are dead. Emergency personnel are still searching.

I know they are moving to the Greenville area, but not sure exactly where. The worst part hit was on the edge of Greenville.

He has not checked in today....

How are you and yours, ma'am? The map says you aren't far from where these damned things were wreaking havoc.

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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2011, 11:23:48 AM »
I slid thru the last line of storms with no problem and thought I was thru this one OK. But right now, while I am on the backside of the storm line...a big storm is kicking up and the tornado watch has just been extended again.

We had a spring like this back in, I think, 1984. The global warmist will shouting it's all my fault for using to much energy. They live in the woods and eat raw food, you know..
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2011, 11:29:43 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on April 28, 2011, 11:23:48 AM
I slid thru the last line of storms with no problem and thought I was thru this one OK. But right now, while I am on the backside of the storm line...a big storm is kicking up and the tornado watch has just been extended again.

We had a spring like this back in, I think, 1984. The global warmist will shouting it's all my fault for using to much energy. They live in the woods and eat raw food, you know..

You just keep your head down and stay safe, sir.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2011, 11:36:29 AM »
Holy crap--maybe Obumbles will give a shit NOW, ya think?

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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2011, 11:37:47 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on April 28, 2011, 11:29:43 AM
You just keep your head down and stay safe, sir.

Don't worry about me, I've been lucky. For the past month, I've watched these storm fronts open up and let my area slid thru a less violent area of the front. My sister, 40 miles to the north, on the other hand hasn't been so lucky.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2011, 11:46:11 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on April 28, 2011, 11:17:47 AM
How are you and yours, ma'am? The map says you aren't far from where these damned things were wreaking havoc.



We are fine, thank God. We had wicked wind off and on most of the day, and could just see the "clouds with circulation" going past to the west and north, several times. Our first tornado warning was before 11 yesterday morning, and the last warning was finally lifted about 11:30 last night. It is so rare to even be under tornado watches, here, until this year. We've been having them at least once a week, it seems, for the last month. We were very, very lucky.

Many school districts started sending kids home around noon. Our county didn't, and then had to hold several middle and high school kids until about 5, because it got really bad about then. We had 2 heavy hail storms, first one was about 8 or so. It had a lot of wind with it, and I really thought we were going to lose some windows. Then we were hit again, about 30 minutes later. We had taken the glass off of the smaller tabletops on the deck, but not on the front porch until after the first. Good thing we did, one of the heavy wicker chairs was lifted up onto two, would have had broken glass everywhere if we hadn't taken it inside.

A friend of my son's was on the interstate, his sunroof and back window were shattered, and had one hailstone go through the windshield about the size of a golf ball, shattered the window, but didn't collapse it.

Lots of trees down, and of course lots of hail damage. I have never been so glad to no longer live in a house that was surrounded by big tall trees. There is also a lot of flooding around, because we had almost 4 inches of rain.

The videos from other places in TN, and particularly in AL, have been so awful. Some places, there is just nothing left but debris. The local weather people kept saying these were "midwest tornadoes". Southern tornadoes just pop up and down, even though there may be "tails" they are more like downbursts, than true tornadoes. Not yesterday. So many people really had no where to go for safety.

Took these pics after the first hailstorm. They aren't very good, but I couldn't get them any lighter.







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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2011, 12:18:06 PM »
Jeez, deb, did that hail destroy the glass tabletop?

Looks ugly....
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2011, 12:29:46 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on April 28, 2011, 12:18:06 PM
Jeez, deb, did that hail destroy the glass tabletop?

Looks ugly....

No, I had taken them off a couple of weeks ago, before another storm. The deck is really high up, a good 12 or more feet, and I've been afraid of the wind we've had lately as we are pretty high up, so I hadn't put them back on yet. But I hadn't taken the ones off the tables on the front porch until last night, between the two storms. Good thing I did, too, or I would have had glass from at least one if not two tables everywhere.

I am in no way complaining about what we got. I'm really just stunned and amazed at what we got. I've been here almost 30 years, and the weather we've had the last 6 months has been so unusual for us. The super cold and all the snow during the winter, and now the winds, and storms we've had the last month- 6 weeks. We had a "flash storm" (what the hell is that?) on Monday afternoon. It just came out of nowhere, and did a lot of damage knocking over huge, huge old trees onto houses and cars. Not everyone who lost power from it, had their power back yesterday before the new ones hit yesterday.

Someone posted online in the newspaper comments on the storm....

"Someone better give Mother Nature some serious allergy drugs to get her to stop sneezing"....


I think someone needs to give her a whole bunch of chocolate and she also needs to get laid....she's been a real bitch lately.

 
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2011, 12:31:55 PM »
I am glad y'all are ok, and I will keep Ms. Tucker, and JR's sister in my thoughts.  What a nasty, nasty storm.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2011, 12:32:36 PM »
Glad to hear you've been dodging bullets, deb.

Some really outrageous stuff going on.

And you want me to move WHERE?  :-)
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2011, 12:33:22 PM »
The last time I saw weather like this was 1993... it just would not stop raining.

Warm and sunny today, though.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2011, 12:55:44 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on April 28, 2011, 12:33:22 PM
The last time I saw weather like this was 1993... it just would not stop raining.

Warm and sunny today, though.

61 and still cloudy here, though I'm seeing bits of blue sky.

No more storms forecasted until Monday.

TVA is "spilling water" at 9 dams until further notice. This is from Norris Dam taken on the 19th....it's been a couple of years since they had to do this.

http://www.wbir.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=911016327001
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2011, 12:58:44 PM »
Small world Deb, one of my best friends was out at Norris last weekend and took pictures.  She lives in Knoxville.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2011, 12:59:31 PM »
Might be a nice time to check out Stones River.  Supposed to be 80 on Saturday.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2011, 12:59:54 PM »
I ask that we send up some prayers for our fellow Cave member rustybayonet. Rusty and his wife reside in Mt. Olive, AL, and I hope that they came through the tornadoes all right.

I've been trying all day, but I cannot call them, since apparently all the lines are down.

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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2011, 01:08:33 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on April 28, 2011, 12:58:44 PM
Small world Deb, one of my best friends was out at Norris last weekend and took pictures.  She lives in Knoxville.

You should come visit!!!



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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2011, 01:12:45 PM »
Stay safe!  I have a friend on Facebook who lives in Huntsville, Alabama and she said a lot of her friends & family members homes have been destroyed. 

Is it typical for that area to get a lot of tornadoes this time of year?  I lived in southern Wisconsin.  Tornado watches/warnings happened, but we never had a problem with the tornadoes coming through our city.  They usually touched down in an open field for a few minutes and then disappeared.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2011, 01:15:09 PM »
You got it CG.  And for Tucker's wife, and Johnny Reb's Sister, and whoever else.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2011, 02:15:30 PM »
Our sister-in-law lives in Helena, AL, (south of Birmingham), and apparently the storm that hit Tuskaloosa just missed them there.  The Tuskaloosa tornado has now been rated as an EF-5, and stayed on the ground for an extremely long distance. 

Apparently it totally destroyed a Big Lots store in Tuscaloosa, and they are finding merchandise with Big Lots tags on it from that store all over the southern suburbs of Birmingham.......the stuff was carried by this storm for over 100 miles.

A good part of the northern Birmingham area (near the airport) is still without power now for nearly 30 hours.

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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2011, 02:38:14 PM »
A local paper said, "No significant damage in Mt. Olive............"

That sounds promising.
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Re: Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 214
« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2011, 04:10:57 PM »
Quote from: CG6468 on April 28, 2011, 02:38:14 PM
A local paper said, "No significant damage in Mt. Olive............"

That sounds promising.

That's good news...make sure to let us know when you hear from Rusty.

Remember "Preacher" from milnet? I think he's in AL too....he's an EMS worker.

There was just a news broadcast from Greene County...there are still people missing...  :(
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