Posted on 04/27/2011 8:14:16 PM PDT by blam
Storms Kill 64 Around South, Including 50 In Alabama
Jay Reeves And Holbrook Mohr
April 27, 2011
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A tornado moves through Tuscaloosa, Ala. Wednesday, April 27, 2011.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An emergency official says 10 more storm-related deaths have been confirmed in an Alabama county, bringing the regional death toll to 64.
Mark Kelley of the Jefferson County EMA is reporting a total of 11 deaths, up from a single death disclosed there earlier in the day.
Elsewhere in Alabama, severe weather has claimed 39 lives, including 15 in the hard-hit college town of Tuscaloosa.
Also on Wednesday, storms killed 11 in Mississippi, two in Georgia and one in Tennessee.
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Here’s another larger fatality outbreak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Tupelo-Gainesville_tornado_outbreak
God Bless you as well Brother, let us know how we can help!
Yikes I got so many relatives down there, hope they’re all OK.
The broadcast “met” anchoring ABC 33/40’s coverage is a man named James Spann and he’s one of the best in the business. Been in the Birmingham market for more than 30 years; knows the region like the back of his hand. Absolutely amazing during a severe weather outbreak; while other weathercasters are “painting” roads on their display to get a sense of where the storm is headed, Spann will note that the tornado will pass between a Wal-Mart and another big box store—in a county 50 miles from Birmingham.
When Albritton Communications bought ABC 33/40 more than a decade ago, the first on-air talent they hired was James Spann. They knew that residents of central Alabama trusted him for severe weather reporting, and he’s a big reason that the station (a UHF outlet) is in first place in the local ratings. I’m sure Spann was on top of his game this afternoon, as were a lot of other broadcast mets.
I thought Spann’s comment about the death toll was spot on; the monster that ripped through Tuscaloosa and Birmingham was probably similar to the Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925. The “skycam” shot of that massive funnel bearing down on Birmingham matched descriptions of the Tri-State storm. Survivors said it was more like a massive cloud churning along the ground than a true funnel, and that’s the way today’s storm looked as it approached Birmingham.
Without advanced warning, today’s death toll could have rivaled that of the 1925 storm. I’ll be greatly surprised if the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado isn’t rated as an EF-5 for most of its track.
The OKC meteorologist said it was one of the worst outbreaks over a large area ever. Without warnings, the death count would be much higher. It has to be bad when the OKC weather guys are shaken.
One in Bangladesh killed 1300 people in 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daulatpur-Salturia_Tornado
I like that one
War Eagle and Roll Tide. Stay safe down there!
RIP. Prayers for the victims.
Georgia getting pounded now...watching live coverage from WSB-TV in Atlanta; their Dopppler radar is detecting debris being lofted into the atmosphere at an altitude of 4-5,000 feet. The storm is heading towards the McDonough area as I write this...prayers for everyone in the path of this storm. A debris cloud of that size—showing up on radar—is indicative of a very destructive tornado.
Any reports of damage to the Bama Campus? I saw it came perilously close to Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Georgia getting pounded now...watching live coverage from WSB-TV in Atlanta; their Dopppler radar is detecting debris being lofted into the atmosphere at an altitude of 4-5,000 feet. The storm is heading towards the McDonough area as I write this...prayers for everyone in the path of this storm. A debris cloud of that size—showing up on radar—is indicative of a very destructive tornado.
There were photos of trucks and car thrown about like toy matchsticks. A big wig from the company he drives for saw that his truck was still stationary - they can track to the moment and the square foot - and called him from his home, afraid he may have been caught and tossed upside down - as they had assigned him a route that would have had him in even more danger. But my son decided to take an alternate route and to get out of the truck for safer shelter. Both he and the company boss were very happy. but the devastation and loss is terrible. He said 2 gov't buildings in Birmingham have just disappeared - no trace left.
Now obama will have to play TWO rounds of golf and go on another vacation so's he can ignore THIS storms death and destruction - like he did last weeks. But then, does he really think of America as his country, Americans as his fellow countrymen? IOW, does he give a damn? (Rhetorical)
~Prayers~
Did you expect a press conference already?
I read that the O administration has been monitoring the storms all along and feds have already declared emergency situation in more than one state.
Really...what would you like O to say to the public at this time?
Do you not catch that he’s being sarcastic about Bammy’s true response?
Thanks to everyone who feels the need to point out that the storms that killed 128 people in Alabama were, by comparison to past storms, not such a big deal. That makes all of us in Alabama feel much better about the situation.
Thanks Sprite518 we are ok...the storms passed by, but there are more than 9 reported killed in the northwest part of Georgia, and about 78,000 people without power.
Almost 200 killed total from several states.
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